# New Google Doodle partway through today honors picture of black hole **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-doodle-partway-through-today-honors-picture-of-black-hole/832356 "2019-04-10T21:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-doodle-partway-through-today-honors-picture-of-black-hole/832356/1 "2019-04-10T21:09:28Z")
This is the first time I’ve seen the Google Doodle change partway through the day. It’s so new, in fact, that I can’t link to it except through the Google website itself. It honors the picture of the Black Hole just published today > **[This is the first photo of a black hole | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/10/world/black-hole-photo-scn/index.html)** > > In April 2017, scientists used a global network of telescopes to see and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole, according to an announcement by researchers at the National Science Foundation Wednesday morning. This is the first direct visual... China’s version of Google also commemorates the black hole, but their doodle is different – [Baidu Celebrates Black Hole Image With Cheery Doodle](https://interestingengineering.com/baidu-celebrates-black-hole-image-with-cheery-doodle) ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-doodle-partway-through-today-honors-picture-of-black-hole/832356/2 "2019-04-11T00:56:15Z")
Has anyone noticed the black hole is SMILING? ~VOW