Memes on Black Hole Photos
Apr 12, 2019
Recently the first ever picture of the black hole was revealed. The image is a little blur and shows the black hole situated in the elliptical galaxy Messier 87 or M87. Termed as seeing the unseeable, the scientific landmark became a hot topic on the internet and inspired a lot of memes and jokes. Check out the reaction below:
Read out some details about the black hole below:
This thing is huge and is said to be around 6.5 billion times the mass of the Sun. It matches predictions dating back decades.
M87's supermassive black hole is active, which means that it is surrounded by an incredible accretion disc of very hot, whirling gas and dust that is slowly falling into the black hole.
The scorching orange and black photo were soon compared to a lot of circular things. Some say it resembled the symbol of evil in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series, while others thought it was a fake image.
Check out the memes below:
NSF: Amazing first photo of black hole! This changes everything!
— Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) April 10, 2019
Sauron: Mother? pic.twitter.com/4ML5ytcZuX
The Eye of Sauron is apparently now hiding in the middle of space waiting patiently for his return. https://t.co/8AgLpWygPC
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) April 10, 2019
"in after years he [Sauron] rose like a shadow of Morgoth and a ghost of his malice, and walked behind him on the same ruinous path down into the void." https://t.co/LcwjH9aoRH
— Tolkien Society (@TolkienSociety) April 10, 2019
black hole pic legit made me crave a bagel, so thats where im headed
— k austin collins (@melvillmatic) April 10, 2019
This photo of the black hole is awesome, but wait... Enhance! Hmm, enhance! One more time, enhance! Whoa. The biggest Cinnamon Raisin Bagel in the world, and it's still hot! #EHT #EventHorizonTelescope pic.twitter.com/aPDVtLHF2u
— Gabor Heja (@gheja_) April 10, 2019
Me: mum take a nice picture of us
— Rosie Percy (@rosiepercy) April 10, 2019
Mum: how does it work
Me: just press the button fgs
Mum: pic.twitter.com/iEePmsxv5N
This was the plan all along. pic.twitter.com/pdmuaWXglp
— James O'Malley (@Psythor) April 10, 2019
My face when I saw the black hole pic.twitter.com/yIbCpQkbUW
— Jacob Aron (@jjaron) April 10, 2019
This is basically every picture I accidentally take while I drinking. https://t.co/vqtHOiyp0A
— Ben Jaffe (@bzjaffe) April 10, 2019
Nothing to see here pic.twitter.com/UMTSsL1G6y
— Stephen Edwards (@StephenLondon53) April 10, 2019
Doesn't it looks like South Indian Vada ????.
— Chirayu Kapoor (@IamChiuKapoor) April 10, 2019
Jokes apart really magnificent!!!#BlackHoleDay #Blackhole pic.twitter.com/HbwpdFzTWm
The first photograph was released by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project. The EHT is a network of 10 radio telescopes on four continents that jointly operates like a single instrument nearly the size of the Earth.