Today in galaxy-shaking news:Astronomers captured this first-ever image of a black hole. The cosmic abyss is in the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy, some 55 million light-years from Earth. The image was years in the making. It took a planet-sized network of radio telescopes. Here’s how a black hole works (and what would happen if you fell into one).

Source: New York Times April 10, 2019 22:12 UTC