Black Holes: The Most Impressive Cosmic Images 2019

This updated guide examines Black Holes: The Most Impressive Cosmic Images 2019 and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Cosmic black hole (April)

For the first time, an Event group of international researchers has captured images of black holes in the center of galaxy M87.

Interstellar object (October)

Omuamua, the cigar-shaped object, though first discovered in 2017, is still a mystery to scientists. Because of its strange orbit, scientists cannot determine whether this object is a meteorite or a comet.

Fall into darkness (January)

This is a picture depicting the entire lunar eclipse event created by a combination of 35 photos taken with different exposures. László Francsics, a Hungarian photographer who made this magical photo and won the contest "The most beautiful astronomical photos of 2019".

Total solar eclipse (July)

The moment when astronomers are watching the total solar eclipse occurred on July 2, in the southern Pacific region, central Chile and Argentina.

Hygiea dwarf planet (October)

Hygiea is spherical and is the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system. Hygiea was first discovered in 1849.

Jupiter marble (March)

This is one of the few close-up images of Jupiter, taken by the Juno spacecraft of the US Space Agency (NASA) before landing on the planet's surface. At close range, Jupiter looks like a colorful marble.

Faces in space (June)

Thanks to the Hubble space telescope, researchers have discovered two galaxies colliding, at distances of about 704 million light-years from Earth. The collision creates a face in space.

Glass becomes a black dot (November)

On 11/11, the Sun, Glass and Earth are in a straight line. When Glass passes by the Sun for 5 hours and 30 minutes, humans on Earth can see it in the form of a small black dot when looking at the Sun.

• The Earth is losing mass despite receiving 43 tons of dust from other planets every day
• The discovery of a giant black hole, 70 times the mass of the Sun in the Milky Way, challenges every theory
• NASA shares a rare photograph of a 'rainbow' surrounding the Moon