https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywymqb/why-does-the-first-picture-of-a-black-hole-look-like-a-spaghettio > Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is circling the cosmic drain. A vast and inescapable void pulses at its center, devouring all energy and matter in its path—a black hole. > Astronomers believe that nearly every galaxy circles these voids, in fact, but nobody has ever seen one until today. On Wednesday, an international team of scientists revealed the first-ever image of a supermassive black hole in action. It has the same mass as 6.5 billion Suns, and is located in the Messier 87 galaxy 55 million light years from Earth.