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Inside the black hole image that made history

Sheperd Doeleman · TED

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At the center of a galaxy more than 55 million light-years away, there's a supermassive black hole with the mass of several billion suns. And now, for the first time ever, we can see it. Astrophysicist Sheperd Doeleman, head of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, speaks with TED's Chris Anderson about the iconic, first-ever image of a black hole -- and the epic, worldwide effort involved in capturing it.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2019
Speaker
Sheperd Doeleman
Year
2019
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Astronomy and space
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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