Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole

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[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 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 -  (2 children)

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.

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This picture is way cooler than the close up one they're pushing

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

I know, right?! It's absolutely mindbogglingly HUGE! That black hole is like... the size of hundreds of billions of our sun. That picture is showing something so gigantic and breathtaking... it's beautiful and honestly terrifying in a way.