Scientists unveil new and improved ‘skinny donut’ black hole image

The image of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 originally imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration in 2019 is seen on the left; and new image generated by the PRIMO algorithm using the same data set is seen on the right, in this combination handout picture. Medeiros et al. 2023/Handout via REUTERS. The 2019 release of the first image of a black hole was hailed as a significant scientific achievement. But truth be told, it was a bit blurry – or, as one astrophysicist involved in the effort called it.