“Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the…

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“Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun. This long-sought image provides the strongest evidence to date for the existence of supermassive black holes and opens a new window onto the study of black holes, their event horizons, and gravity. Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration”

(via https://eventhorizontelescope.org/ and https://www.eso.org/public/science/event-horizon/)