Astronomers with the Event Project Horizon released the first-ever image of a black hole Wednesday morning.

“We have taken the first picture of a black hole,” said project director and Harvard astronomer Sheperd Doeleman. “This is an extraordinary scientific feat accomplished by a team of more than 200 researchers.”

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