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"This new visualization of a black hole illustrates how its gravity distorts our view, warping its surroundings as if seen in a carnival…

Before this first real image of a black hole every image of a black hole was a simulation or an illustration. This 'photo' was taken of the supermassive black hole at the centre of a giant elliptical galaxy called M87 around 55 million light-years away. This thing is humungous - around 6.5 billion times the mass of the Sun. #spaceandastronomy #space #and #astronomy

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In a recent study, physicists employed NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to unveil the rotational speed of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole residing at the core of our galaxy.

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Harvard scientists led a team of about 200 researchers from 20 countries to create the first image ever made of a black hole.