Scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope Project have released the first ever image of a black hole, in stunning detail.
The international project links telescopes across the globe into one virtual Earth-sized telescope, the scientists say.
Telescopes in Hawaii, Arizona, Chile, Mexico, Spain and the South Pole are part of the project.
The black hole was spotted in galaxy M87, about 55 million light years away. Each light year equals 6 trillion miles.
Black holes are extremely dense pockets of matter, objects of such incredible mass and miniscule volume that they drastically warp the fabric of space-time, according to information on the National Science Foundation website.
Photo from the Event Horizon Telescope Project.