Event Horizon Telescope

• Ontario researcher helps capture important image of monstrous black hole

  The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ont., says the new image shows the "swirl" of light around the black hole as it appears in polarized light.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2021
  
• Katie Bouman, computer scientist in black hole project, targeted by internet trolls

  The widespread kudos given to Katie Bouman on Twitter was deemed objectionable and excessive by people in some corners of the internet.

  Science

  Apr 14, 2019
  
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• Groundbreaking black hole photo was made possible by this 29-year-old MIT grad

  Katie Bouman, 29, wrote one of the imaging algorithms that helped piece together the photo by filling in the gaps in imaging data obtained from the telescopes.

  Science

  Apr 10, 2019
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• Why a blurry picture of a black hole matters

  The picture may seem underwhelming to some. Artist’s renderings or simulations of black holes in the past have looked very similar — here's why it matters.

  Science

  Apr 10, 2019
• ‘Seeing the unseeable’: Scientists unveil first photo of a black hole

  Black holes are phenomenally dense celestial entities with gravitational fields so powerful no matter or light can escape.

  World

  Apr 10, 2019