First image of black hole released in Chile

Geoffrey Crew (1st L), research scientist at MIT Haystack Observatory, Violette Impellizzeri (2nd L), astronomer at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), and Xavier Barcons (3rd L), director general of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), attend a press conference in Santiago, capital of Chile, on April 10, 2019. Astronomers said here Wednesday that they captured the first image of a black hole, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of an unseeable cosmic object and its shadow. (Xinhua/Jorge Villegas)