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The team of Event Horizon Telescope wins 2020 ‘Oscars of Science’

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team  of 347 scientists  has won the 2020 ‘Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics’ for the first image of a super-massive black hole. The $3 million prize is also known as the ‘Oscars of Science’. The team produced the world’s first-ever image of a black hole circled by a flame-orange halo ..

Topics: Anton Zensus • Astronomy • Black hole • Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics • EHT • Event Horizon Telescope • Galaxies • M87 • Messier 87 • Natural sciences • Physical sciences • Supermassive black hole

Astronomers capture first ever image of Black Hole

Astronomers have captured the first-ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy known as ‘Messier 87’ (M87), through a network of 8 linked radio telescopes known as the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration. The black hole in the centre of M87 has a mass of more than six billion solar ..

Topics: Astronomical imaging • Astronomy • Black hole • BlackHoleCam • Event Horizon Telescope • Galaxies • Katie Bouman • Messier 87 • Natural sciences • Physical sciences • Sagittarius A*

MIT student creates an Algorithm that made first Black hole image

Computer scientist Katie Bouman, who is still a graduate student at MIT has developed the algorithm to create the first image ever of a black hole. Katie has named the algorithm ‘CHIRP’ (Continuous High-resolution Image Reconstruction using Patch priors) which was needed to gather data from 8 radio telescopes across the world working under Event Horizon ..

Topics: Astronomical imaging • Astronomy • Black hole • European Southern Observatory • Event Horizon Telescope • Katie Bouman • Natural sciences • Physical sciences • Radio telescope • Telescope