it looks fake, fake, fake... it's a black hole and here's another picture for it actually a small black hole could attract earth and destroy it, it's a really crabby thing (read about it here and you wont sleep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole )
The first image is real. It's an astronomical phenomina called a Flickering Black Hole. It happens when a black hole sucks in another black hole, very rare. I didn't believe it at first, but we got the news story this morning and checked that it was legit before posting it. You can read the story here, but it's pretty boring if you aren't into physics