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The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first direct image of a black hole

A global network of radio telescopes imaged the supermassive black hole in M87

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration unveiled the first direct image of a black hole's shadow. By synchronising eight radio observatories across Earth to form a planet-sized virtual telescope, scientists resolved the glowing ring of plasma encircling the 6.5-billion-solar-mass black hole in galaxy Messier 87.

Primera imagen de Sgr A* tomada por el Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration — EHT Collaboration · CC BY 4.0 · licence · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: A global network of radio telescopes imaged the supermassive black hole in M87. The figure is taken from ESA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a space fact?: Yes. It sits on the Space shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.