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Image: Katie Bouman answers questions about the Event Horizon Telescope project

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Description: On April 10, a team of international scientists from Event Horizon Telescope project unveiled the first ever image of a black hole at the center of the M87* galaxy. We invited computer scientist Dr. Katie Bouman and astronomer Dr. Colin Lonsdale from the EHT project to answer questions from our social media followers. More about the first image of a black hole: https://www.nsf.gov/blackholes/ Credit: NSF General Restrictions: Images and other media in the National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery are available for use in print and electronic material by NSF employees, members of the media, university staff, teachers and the general public. All media in the gallery are intended for personal, educational and nonprofit/non-commercial use only. Videos credited to the National Science Foundation, an agency of the U.S. Government, may be distributed freely. However, some materials within the videos may be copyrighted. If you would like to use portions of NSF-produced programs in another product, please contact the Video Team in the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at the National Science Foundation. Additional information about general usage can be found in Conditions.
Title: Katie Bouman answers questions about the Event Horizon Telescope project
Credit: Black Hole Researchers Katie Bouman and Colin Lonsdale Answer Your Questions circa 01:30, cropped
Author: Credit: NSF
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