Three years ago Dr. Katie Bouman (right, watching the image being created), now 29, created an algorithm that collects data from telescopes across the world to stitch together a photograph of the phenomenon which is 55million light years away from Earth (left). Her work, which essentially turned Earth into a virtual telescope, has been praised across the political spectrum by First Daughter Ivanka Trump (bottom inset), Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and by A-listers including Sophia Bush and Olivia Munn. Despite helping a team of scientists at Event Horizon Telescope make the impossible possible, the electrical engineering and computer science graduate hasn't let the grand feat go to her head. Sharing her achievement on Facebook (top inset), Bouman wrote: 'Watching in disbelief as the first image I ever made of a black hole was in the process of being reconstructed.'🕺

Shocking moment thieving window cleaner creeps into 86-year-old dementia patient's home and rummages through her handbag as he is jailed for five years 👮🏻‍♂️

That's one way to pass the time! US flight attendant hilariously recreates Britney Spears' iconic Toxic music video during a layover in Atlanta ✈️🕺#funny

Rwanda's First Lady takes evasive action as bumbling Jean-Claude Juncker almost sets fire to her FACE during flame-lighting ceremony to commemorate genocide 🔥#facepalm #fools

Mysterious inscriptions discovered in an Alabama cave have FINALLY been decoded, revealing details of a sacred lacrosse-like game carved into 'talking stones' 200 years ago during Cherokee rituals. The inscriptions, which likely date back to 1828, were found deep in Fort Payne, Alabama's Mantiou Cave and describe sacred rituals like the sport of stickball in amazingly rich detail. #history

Creepy patent filing suggests Facebook wants to use your PHOTOS to help advertisers target your friends. Facebook was given the green light on a patent that suggests it may rove users' personal pictures to be re-purposed as adverts for certain products and brands. A patent on the concept, called 'Computer-vision content detection for sponsored stories' was granted in the U.S. this week, and if deployed, would act as a useful tool for brands seeking new ways to engage Facebook users. 😡 #delete_facebook

Julian Assange's arrest a 'dark moment for press freedom', says fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden. WikiLeaks founder Assange was arrested by police in London on Thursday after after Ecuador dramatically withdrew his political asylum seven years after he entered the embassy.