First Image of a Blackhole <br />Is Captured by Astronomers The remarkable image is of a massive black hole in the Messier 87 galaxy. Captured in the image <br />is the black hole's accretion disk: <br />a ring of gas and dust that "feeds" the black hole. Sheperd Doeleman, EHT, via 'The Gaurdian' Messier 87 is <br />55 million light years <br />away from Earth. Scientists estimate that <br />the equivalent of six billion <br />suns of light and matter has <br />disappeared into the black hole. The image was captured <br />by a network of eight radio <br />telescopes spread across the globe. Comprised of more <br />than 200 scientists, <br />the network is known as <br />Event Horizon Telescope. Black holes were first predicted <br />by Einstein's theory of relativity.
