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AZUZ: Researchers with the National Science Foundation, a U.S. government agency, say a super massive black hole is more than a Muse¹ song. They say they captured a picture of one and that this is the first direct visual evidence that black holes exist. Some physicists² have argued that they don't.

In theory, a black hole is a body whose gravity is so intense that not even a light can escape from it. To capture what they say is an image of one, scientists sy?nced up a global network of telescopes in 2017, and they all zoomed³ in on a spot in the universe that's estimated to be 55 million light years away from earth.

It took two years for them to combine the data and produce this picture. What they called an M87 black hole is the shadow in the middle and they say the orange glow around it is the material that's creating the event horizon.

The director of the National Science Foundation says pictures like this help scientists understand the mysteries of black holes and reveal the complexities⁴ of the universe. Their investigation⁵ of M87 continues.

1 muse   

n.缪斯（希腊神话中的女神），创作灵感

参考例句：

• His muse had deserted him,and he could no longer write.他已无灵感，不能再写作了。
• Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President.很多报纸都在揣测总统的命运。

2 physicists   

物理学家( physicist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• For many particle physicists, however, it was a year of frustration. 对于许多粒子物理学家来说，这是受挫折的一年。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技
• Physicists seek rules or patterns to provide a framework. 物理学家寻求用法则或图式来构成一个框架。

3 zoomed   

v.（飞机、汽车等）急速移动( zoom的过去式 )；（价格、费用等）急升，猛涨

参考例句：

• Traffic zoomed past us. 车辆从我们身边疾驰而过。
• Cars zoomed helter-skelter, honking belligerently. 大街上来往车辆穿梭不停，喇叭声刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 complexities   

复杂性(complexity的名词复数)； 复杂的事物

参考例句：

• The complexities of life bothered him. 生活的复杂使他困惑。
• The complexities of life bothered me. 生活的杂乱事儿使我心烦。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。