like a picture of the real universe, however fuzzy
and monochromatic.”
“It’s just seriously cool,” said John Kormendy, a
University of Texas astronomer who wasn’t part
of the discovery team. “To see the stuff going
down the tubes, so to speak, to see it firsthand.
The mystique of black holes in the community
is very substantial. That mystique is going to be
made more real.”
Myth says a black hole would rip you apart, but
scientists said that because of the particular
forces exerted by an object this big, someone
could fall into it and not be torn to pieces. But
the person would never be heard from again.