Brett Molina USA TODAY Published 12:10 PM EDT Apr 10, 2019 Scientists have spent decades studying them, but Wednesday provides our first-ever image of a black hole. The National Science Foundation hosted a morning press conference featuring scientists from around the world to release the picture, albeit fuzzy, of a black hole. The image was captured using the Event Horizon Telescope, an international collaboration created to show a black hole. Here's everything you need to know about black holes. What is a black hole? They are collapsed stars with gravity so strong not even light can escape. According to NASA, because no light can get out, people can't see black holes, which is why scientists use special tools like telescopes to spot them. The National Science Foundation says there are four types of black holes, ranging from tiny primordial black holes which emerged right after the Big Bang, to supermassive black holes like the one captured in the image released … [Read more...] about Black hole picture: 2019 first image released; what you need to know