Today, the first-ever photograph of a black hole was released. Capturing the image required the efforts of hundreds of scientists around the world. . USC Dornsife physicist Nicholas Warner explains the image’s significance: . “When Antonie van Leeuwenhoek constructed and used the first microscopes he revealed a whole new universe, leading to the discovery of microbes and ultimately to the revolutionary understanding of everything from fermenting of wine to the propagation and treatment of diseases. . “Robert Hooke, an early pioneer of microscopy, wrote in the preface of Micrographia: ‘By the means of Telescopes, there is nothing so far distant but may be represented to our view; and by the help of Microscopes, there is nothing so small as to escape our inquiry; hence there is a new visible World discovered to the understanding.’ . “The Event Horizon Telescope has not only given us a dramatic view of the cores of galaxies, it has given us the ability to see the detailed structures that ...