This is the first image ever of a black hole. The breakthrough discovery by the @ehtelescope is an image of Messier 87’s (M87’s) supermassive black hole in the center of the Virgo galaxy cluster, 55 million light-years away. #EHTBlackhole #RealBlackHole pic.twitter.com/nU96UFbjeq

— Smithsonian (@smithsonian) April 10, 2019