Visible Light From A Black Hole Spotted For The First Time Ever

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The black hole is circled here. Michael Richmond/Rochester Institute of Technology

In a cosmic first, astronomers have spotted visible light coming from a black hole during a violent outburst of energy. The discovery, made from observations of a nearby black hole binary called V404 Cygni, suggests other black holes could be studied in this way – with nothing more than a backyard telescope.