A different take on the M87 black hole

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From Randall Munroe (http://xkcd.com). It left me speechless.

Size comparison: the M87 black hole and our solar system. Glowing orange ring of the EHT black hole image with a small circle at centre labelled Sun, Pluto and Voyager 1 marked to scale.
 
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