Astronomers zoom in on black hole during 'eclipse'

[swijo]

they expect us to believe this.

[kuturayau]

biggest fake ever.. useful for kids tough..

[RyuDarragh]

No. In reality, even a black hole sitting in empty space would be surrounded by an eye searing haze of light as interstellar gas falls into a black hole from all directions. The depictions of a black hole as a black ball surrounded by a ring are so over simplified they're about as useful as the old pictures showing the brain as a "telephone switching room" full of relays and wires from the 1950s. Any ring structure is simply the bulk of matter falling in, but material falls in from all sides.

[ClownFlash]

u must be kidding right

[Oobervice]

Nice. Is this an actual photo of a black hole because (and my learning may be out of date here) I thought a black hole had never been photographed before. This should be major news.

[jupitergirl100]

@Oobervice idk if one could.... because if it could get a picture that is, it would be at the point where it would have a few seconds until it was sucked into a pit of nothingness if the pic wasn't sent, it's gone forever. :( black holes terrify me and fascinate me at the time. i hope to get a job as an astronomer and continue studies and maybe get a picture of an actual black hole :) (sry you didn't ask what i plan to do when i get out of school rofl)