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Astronomers have snapped a new photo of the black hole in galaxy M87

The Event Horizon Telescope image is the first to contain data collected after 2017

An image of a supermassive black hole in galaxy M87, taken by the Event Horizon Telescope. The image shows an orange-gold ring around the black hole with the brightest spot appearing toward the bottom right of the ring in this image.

A new Event Horizon Telescope image of the supermassive black hole in galaxy M87 (shown) confirms findings from the project’s first image while also showing that some material around the black hole has moved.

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

By Adam Mann

Heads up space fans: A new picture of the supermassive black hole lurking in the galaxy M87 just dropped.