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First close-up image of a black hole
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April 10, 2019
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1:27Now PlayingThe image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the sun.
European commissioner for research, Carlos Moedas said: "The history of man and of science will be divided into the time before the image and the time after the image."
A black hole is a region of space where matter has become so densely packed that gravity will let nothing escape, not even light and time comes to a stop.
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