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There seem to be numerous submissions of this topic.

This thread seems to be the leading one:

Astronomers Reveal First Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of Our Galaxy

https://public.nrao.edu/news/astronomers-reveal-first-image-... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31353677)

Others, as of submitting this comment:

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2208-eht-mw/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31353692)

https://public.nrao.edu/news/astronomers-reveal-first-image-... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31353677)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIQLA6lo6R0 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31353643)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ws0iPDSqI4 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31353587)

https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=305028&org=NS... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31353583)

https://nitter.kavin.rocks/ehtelescope/status/15247172729037... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31353547)

https://www.cnet.com/science/space/watch-live-astronomers-re... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31353480)

https://beta.nsf.gov/blackholes (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31353474)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIQLA6lo6R0 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31353463)

https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=305148 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31353757)

Thank you! I did a quick search for sagittarius beforehand that yielded only the announcement. Probably missed a "t" in sagittarius doing the search.
I eyeballed it. Too many different terms used in titles.

"black hole", "eso", "event horizon", ...

I an a little confused because other aggregators are also showing this. Wasn't this image released months ago, like last April or something?

So, what is new here?

That was a black hole in another galaxy. This one is the black hole in our galaxy.
Messier 87

Thank you! I incorrectly thought, always mistakenly had assumed that the last image (the first image of a black hole) was Sgr A*. I was an idiot all this time.