https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywymqb/why-does-the-first-picture-of-a-black-hole-look-like-a-spaghettio

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is circling the cosmic drain. A vast and inescapable void pulses at its center, devouring all energy and matter in its path—a black hole.

Astronomers believe that nearly every galaxy circles these voids, in fact, but nobody has ever seen one until today. On Wednesday, an international team of scientists revealed the first-ever image of a supermassive black hole in action. It has the same mass as 6.5 billion Suns, and is located in the Messier 87 galaxy 55 million light years from Earth.