I’m sure my readers have already read about this latest astronomical achievement, but just because I’ve always loved astronomy’s pretty pictures, here’s the latest from JPL/NASA:

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. Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration