How others imagined a black hole would look
Black holes have captured the imagination of scientists and others since Einstein first theorized of their existence a century ago. Scientists now have revealed the first image of a black hole.
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This image released Wednesday, April 10, 2019, by Event Horizon Telescope shows a black hole. Scientists revealed the first image ever made of a black hole after assembling data gathered by a network of radio telescopes around the world. (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration/Maunakea Observatories via AP)
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Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting its hot, shadowy edges where light bends around itself in a cosmic funhouse effect.
A black hole discovered 1,000 light-years from Earth is itself invisible, but it has two bright companion stars that gave away the hiding spot.
