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Thu. 05/12 - 1st Image of Milky Way Black Hole & 1st Taco Bell TikTok Musical, Equally Important Events

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Everything you need to know about the just-released first-ever image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Plus, is there sight after death? No. But kind of. And, in the most predictable news of the day, Dolly Parton is starring in a Doja Cat-inspired Taco Bell TikTok musical about Mexican Pizza.

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We got it! Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy (National Science Foundation)
  • The Milky Way's Black Hole Comes to Light (NY Times)
  • Feast your eyes on the first image of the black hole at the center of our Milky Way (Ars Technica)
  • This is the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy (MIT Technology Review)
  • Scientists Have Revived a Glimmer of Activity in Human Eyes After Death (ScienceAlert)
  • Light after death: scientists revive human eyes (Scripps Research)
  • Life after death for the human eye: Vision scientists revive light-sensing cells in organ donor eyes (ScienceDaily)
  • Dolly Parton to star in a musical on TikTok about Taco Bell's Mexican pizza (NBC News)
  • Taco Bell is bringing back a fan-favorite menu item (CNN)
  • Doja Cat's Mexican Pizza beat (Doja Cat, TikTok)
  • Mexican Pizza: The Musical by Doja Cat. (Victor Kunda, TikTok)
  • G-strings in the mist: 'You wouldn't expect Jane Goodall to be fronting a campaign for underwear' (The Guardian)
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