How Close Are We to Photographing a Black Hole?

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What does a black hole look like? No one knows for sure. Artists make their images based on what physicists think they look like. But that could be about to change.

This Is Not What Space Looks Like -

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Scientists Wonder If the Collision of Two Neutron Stars Created a Black Hole
https://www.seeker.com/space/astrophy...
“For the first time, scientists have seen the source of gravitational waves from two colliding neutron stars, and the space oddity doesn't stop there. Those neutron stars might have collapsed into a black hole after they merged, scientists say.”

Gravitational Wave Kicks Monster Black Hole Out of Galactic Core
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/...
“Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of the center of a distant galaxy by what could be the awesome power of gravitational waves.”

New Class of Black Hole 100,000 Times Larger Than the Sun Detected in Milky Way
https://www.seeker.com/space/astronom...
“Black holes are notoriously hard to find, since they don’t emit any light. But there’s one particular size of black hole that has been especially evasive, even though astronomers have theorized that they should be plentiful..”


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I hear these black holes are real and very dangerous once you go in the middle of it

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