Staring Into One Helluva Shadow

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

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