Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole

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[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

From another article it said they needed 5PB of data to make that image... it's impressive. And kind of funny that 5PB compresses down to this one blurry jpg. But I guess that's what happens when you're witnessing new frontiers.

[–]Zombi 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's actually a VERY big and detailed image. The black hole is just a literal pinprick on a huuuuuuuge picture of everything surrounding it.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah interesting.