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Katie Bouman: How to take a picture of a black hole
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At the heart of the Milky Way, there's a supermassive black hole that feeds off a spinning disk of hot gas, sucking up anything that ventures too close — even light. We can't see it, but its event horizon casts a shadow, and an image of that shadow could help answer some important questions about the universe. Scientists used to think that making such an image would require a telescope the size of Earth — until Katie Bouman and a team of astronomers came up with a clever alternative. Learn more about how we can see in the ultimate dark.
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TED.com
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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;TEDx;astronomy;collaboration;exploration;innovation;nature;physics;science;science and art;space;technology;universe;visualizations;TEDxBeaconStreet;2016
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