M87*

thumb|It feels like looking at the gates of hell, the end of space and time. ~ Heino Falcke M87*, also known as Pōwehi, is a supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the core of the supergiant elliptical galaxy Messier 87. In 2017, it became the first black hole to be imaged; the image was officially released to the public in 2019. Sagittarius A* is the only other black hole to be imaged. Quotes We're looking at a region that we've never looked at before, a region that we cannot really imagine being there. It feels like looking at the gates of hell, the end of space and time. Heino Falcke quoted in: Black Hole Captured for First-Time: ‘We Have Seen What We Thought Was Unseeable', NBC Los Angeles (by Danielle Abreu, April 10, 2019) We have seen what we thought was unseeable. Sheperd S. Doeleman quoted in: Black Hole Captured for First-Time: ‘We Have Seen What We Thought Was Unseeable', NBC Los Angeles (by Danielle Abreu, April 10, 2019) See also Black hole Theory of relativity External links Messier 87 Category:Astronomy