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M87*

55 million ly

First black hole ever imaged

Confirmed Black holes · Verified 2026-10-29 · WWV-UN-005

On 10 April 2019 the Event Horizon Telescope team showed the first image of a black hole, in the galaxy Messier 87. It is about 55 million light-years away and has a mass near 6.5 billion Suns.

The ring of light in the image is hot gas glowing as it falls toward the black hole.

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