After Decades of Attempts: Astronomers Photograph Black Hole for First Time

After Decades of Attempts: Astronomers Photograph Black Hole for First Time

Thanks to a decade of efforts, a group of scientists and the cutting edge technology of the Event Horizon Telescope, the first photo of a black hole, located in Messier 87, was taken - a galaxy 53 million light years from Earth.

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