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The First Image of a Black Hole (M87*)
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A fuzzy bright orange ring of light surrounding a dark central region — the shadow of a black hole.
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Caption: The first image of a black hole: the shadow of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy M87, released in 2019.
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A horizon-scale image reconstructed from a planet-spanning array of radio telescopes, showing the bright ring of emission around the black hole's shadow — a direct test of general relativity.
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- Event Horizon TelescopeEvent Horizon Telescope Collaboration
Horizon-scale images of supermassive black holes (M87*, Sagittarius A*).