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In an extraordinary update, renowned physicist Michio Kaku reveals groundbreaking insights into one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: what lies inside a ...
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- Sky Stories
Aug 15, 2016 · From the young age of 12, Jedidah Isler, a 2016 National Geographic emerging explorer, knew she wanted to be an astrophysicist. Despite the fact that there a...
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- National Geographic
Katie Bouman was a postdoctoral student at MIT when she led a team that designed one of the algorithms that helped analyze data that led to the first image o...
At the center of our galaxy, a supermassive black hole churns. Learn about the types of black holes, how they form, and how scientists discovered these invis...
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- National Geographic
Apr 11, 2019 · Katie Bouman: The woman behind the first black hole image. 11 April 2019. Katie Bouman designed an algorithm that made the image possible. A 29-year-old computer scientist has earned plaudits...
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Apr 11, 2019 · About 40 of them were women, according to Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative. “There are women involved in every single step of this amazing project,” said Sara Issaoun, 24, a graduate student ...
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Katie Bouman, an MIT grad, helped develop a computer program while still in school. Along with others, it helped create the image of the black hole. She also led testing to verify the images....
