Black Hole

FThe First-Ever Close-Up of a Black Hole

By Rafi Letzter, Staff Writer | April 10, 2019 09:10am ET

You're looking at the brand-new, first-ever close-up picture of a black hole. This image of the black hole M87 at the center of the Virgo A galaxy is the result of an international, 2-year-long effort to zoom in on the singularity. It reveals, for the first time, the contours of a black hole's event horizon, the point beyond which no light or matter escapes.