Quote Originally Posted by kovert View Post
From the ABC News website:

"Black hole image released by Event Horizon Telescope team in world first

Scientists have glimpsed the event horizon of a black hole for the very first time. Until now, every image of a black hole you have ever seen has been an artist's impression."

Read the full story here.
It is absolutely amazing. The lead researcher who I understand "took" the photo (using that word really cheapens how complicated the process was) gave a TED talk about doing this around 2 years. Looks like she followed through as planned. Can't wait to see this develop as I am sure in the near future we will get even better images.