Looking at the Blackhole
The big news in science yesterday was the first ever photo of a black hole… It looks like a blurry, glowing, orange donut. It’s 55 million light years away, and took a…

BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN – DECEMBER 15: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NO SALES) In this handout image supplied by NASA, The Soyuz TMA-19M rocket with Expedition 46 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) launches into space from Baikonur cosmodrome on December 15, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Soyuz TMA-19M is carrying crew members Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) to the International Space Station for a six-month mission, as part of Expedition 46. (Photo by NASA/ Joel Kowsky via Getty Images)
NASA/ Joel Kowsky via Getty ImagesThe big news in science yesterday was the first ever photo of a black hole...
It looks like a blurry, glowing, orange donut. It's 55 million light years away, and took a global team of astronomers years to capture.
And the Harvard scientist who led the project says it's proof that "there are really monsters out there."




