As a result of observations of Event Horizon Telescope in the center of the M87 Galaxy, scientists obtained the first image of a black hole at a distance of 53 million light years to the Earth. 

The image shows a bright ring of light bends around a black hole about 6.5 billion times larger than the Sun in an intense shooting.

This black hole in a galaxy called M87 is estimated to be the heaviest one.

Incredibly hot gases drawn into the center cause the halo around the black hole. The gases begin to enter into the hole [event horizon] at the edge of the blackness of the black hole.

The gravitational field beyond the event horizon is so dense even light cannot escape of it.

There are not enough powered telescopes to photograph this black hole, so the Event Horizon Telescope, consisting of eight interconnected telescopes scattered around the world, was used to take the first photograph of a black hole.

The long-awaited image presented the strongest proof of the existence of super-mass black holes. It had opened a new window on black holes, event horizons, and gravity.

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