#2135: M87 Black Hole Size Comparison

[Caption above the panel:]

Size comparison:

The M87 Black Hole

and

Our Solar System

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EHT Black Hole Image

Source: NSF

[An image of the M87 black hole captured by the event horizon telescope on the day that this comic was published is shown, in the shape of a thick red-and-yellow ring on a black background.]

[A white ring about 1/4 of the diameter of the central black portion of the image is labelled with an arrow:]

Pluto

[A small white circle at the center of the image is labelled with an arrow:]

Sun

[A small white dot on the right hand edge of the central black portion of the image is labelled with an arrow:]

Voyager 1