Image: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

💬 Quoted… "It seems that black holes [look] like donuts."

For the first time ever, scientists have captured an image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole weighing 4 million times more than the sun that sits at the center of our galaxy (a mere 26,000 light-years away).

  • It's only the second picture ever taken of a black hole.

🇺🇦 Stat of the Day: More than 6 million Ukrainian refugees have fled the country since Russia’s invasion began in late February, totaling nearly 14% of the country’s entire population.

🤯 Did You Know?... The Empire State Building was designed with the ability for an airship/zeppelin to dock at the tippy-top, though it only ended up happening a single time.

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