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How do you photograph a black hole?
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How do you photograph a black hole?

How do you photograph something that even light cannot escape? In this episode of Quanta Magazine’s The Joy of Why, astrophysicist Shep Doeleman explains how the Event Horizon Telescope linked radio telescopes around the world to capture the shadows of the supermassive black holes in M87 and at the heart of our galaxy. This remarkable achievement required extraordinary scientific collaboration, and its images are helping researchers test theories and better understand these cosmic objects. Doeleman also looks ahead to the possibility of making black-hole movies in the early 2030s.
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