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Black holes are increasingly promoted by [[liberal]] publications, such as the science page of the ''[[New York Times]]'', glossy magazines, and movies including ''Event Horizon'' (1997), ''The Black Hole'' (TV, 2006), and ''Interstellar'' (2014). Black holes fail the [[falsifiability]] requirement of science, because it is impossible to prove that they do not exist anywhere in the universe.

Black holes are increasingly promoted by [[liberal]] publications, such as the science page of the ''[[New York Times]]'', glossy magazines, and movies including ''Event Horizon'' (1997), ''The Black Hole'' (TV, 2006), and ''Interstellar'' (2014). Black holes fail the [[falsifiability]] requirement of science, because it is impossible to prove that they do not exist anywhere in the universe.

Before 2019, black holes had never been directly observed, and there was no direct evidence for their existence. In early 2019 astronomers released the first ever image of a super-massive black hole located in the galaxy Messier 87 - some 55 million light-years away<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/04/10/see-black-hole-first-time-images-event-horizon-telescope/</ref>. That black hole has since been informally named "Powehi".<ref>http://time.com/5569262/black-hole-hawaii-powehi/</ref>

Black holes had never been directly observed, and there is no direct evidence for their existence. In early 2019 astronomers released a photo-shopped image of a super-massive black hole located in the galaxy Messier 87 - some 55 million light-years away<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/04/10/see-black-hole-first-time-images-event-horizon-telescope/</ref>. That black hole has since been informally named "Powehi".<ref>http://time.com/5569262/black-hole-hawaii-powehi/</ref>

Evidence for the existence of black holes relies on the observations of radiation from accretion disks, motion of stars near the center of the galaxy, and "gravitational lensing," around places where there are no visible objects.  Most the evidence for the existence of black holes relies on circumstantial evidence, with heavy reliance on theoretical equations.

Evidence for the existence of black holes relies on the observations of radiation from accretion disks, motion of stars near the center of the galaxy, and "gravitational lensing," around places where there are no visible objects.  Most the evidence for the existence of black holes relies on circumstantial evidence, with heavy reliance on theoretical equations.