You’re looking at the first ever image of a black hole! This was taken by 8 telescopes around the world (swipe) and was released to the public this morning! . From BBC article by Pallab Ghosh: “The image shows an intensely bright "ring of fire", as Prof Falcke describes it, surrounding a perfectly circular dark hole. The bright halo is caused by superheated gas falling into the hole. The light is brighter than all the billions of other stars in the galaxy combined - which is why it can be seen at such distance from Earth. The edge of the dark circle at the centre is the point at which the gas enters the black hole, which is an object that has such a large gravitational pull, not even light can escape.” . Let’s hear it for some space history and some incredible collaborative science! 🔭 . #blackhole #supermassiveblackhole #science #astronomy #cnslc