Katie Bouman who led the development of the algorithm which made it possible to capture the image of a black hole, and the moment when the first black hole image was processed.

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image showing Katie Bouman who led the development of the algorithm which made it possible to capture the image of a black hole, and the moment when the first black hole image was processed.

Jeffveilleux2 on April 10th, 2019 at 18:59 UTC »

Something really cool to witness during our lifetimes

Sumit316 on April 10th, 2019 at 19:40 UTC »

She did a ted talk in 2017 "How to take a picture of a black hole" - https://youtu.be/BIvezCVcsYs

And today it happened. Huge Congratulations to her and her team. It is a wonderful achievement.

JPBrigatti on April 10th, 2019 at 19:58 UTC »

Seeing a look of pure joy on someone’s face will never get old. Massive kudos to her for this amazing feat.