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