Another piece of evidence proving the existence of black holes is the "spaghetti effect." You might wonder what this means, but if you ever get the chance to peer into a black hole, it will become self-evident: the strong gravitational pull of the black hole stretches objects into long, thin strands, similar to spaghetti. Although this might occur occasionally, if a star gets too close to a black hole, this is what will ultimately happen to it. In October 2020, astronomers indeed observed the flash of a star being swallowed by a black hole. Luckily, this "tragedy" is about 215 million light-years away from us.
Photograph of the Black Hole
The first direct photo taken of a black hole.
