On 10 April 2019, EU-funded scientists unveiled the first ever image of a black hole taken by Event Horizon Telescope, a global scientific collaboration. This major discovery provides visual evidence for the existence of black holes and pushes the boundaries of modern science. This video shows the speeches by Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council (ERC), Michel Kramer, Director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR) in Bonn, and Brian Schmidt, Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University. Picture of the black hole © Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration. Licensed under CC-BY