We took an image of a Black Hole!
OK, we know, we know — we're a little late to the party. But we go in deep
on this acclaimed image from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, to
find out what this weird donut thing is all about, why it's NOT an image of
the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own galaxy as was widely
expected, why the donut seems a bit lopsided, and conclude that this is
indeed a first-class addition to the long list of truly iconic astronomical
imagery.
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