First image of a black hole captured: astronomers

Photo taken on April 10, 2019 shows a press conference held by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project and the National Science Foundation (NSF) on EHT result in Washington D.C., the United States. 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/Liu Jie)