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Shep Doeleman on imaging a black hole and the next goal

Original: Astrophysicist Shep Doeleman explains how capturing the first image of a black hole required a telescope the size of the

Astrophysicist Shep Doeleman is explaining how the first image of a black hole was captured using the Event Horizon Telescope, a network of observatories effectively forming a telescope the size of the Earth. Speaking in an interview with Quanta Magazine, he also describes the next ambition: turning static images into a moving picture of a black hole.

Why now: Interest in black hole imaging is being renewed by Doeleman's interview about the project's achievement and the plan to create a black hole movie.

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• Astrophysicist Shep Doeleman explains how capturing the first image of a black hole required a telescope the size of the world, and why the next goal is to create a movie. The post How Do You Take a… # science # astronomy # physics https://www. quantamagazine.org/how-do-you-… · Econopass@flipboard.com · 1

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