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First of all, we had a breathtaking image, the first to show a black hole, in a galaxy located about 55 million light years from Earth.
Then came the stunned realization that the remarkable moment of creation of years would not have been possible without the work of a 29-year-old female scientist, who has now claimed a special place in the world. # 39; history.
Katherine Bouman, a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has created an algorithm that assembles a single image. And after the image was unveiled to the world on Wednesday, Bouman began to gain praise from scientists, historians and politicians for his remarkable achievements.
Dr. Katie Bouman, who led the creation of an algorithm to capture the very first image of a black hole, explains what this breakthrough means for science #EHTBlackHole #Black hole pic.twitter.com/ckwqoibFKl
– Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) April 11, 2019
"Given the extent of the use of the term" history "today, we are legitimately and legitimately jumping on the #BlackHolePicture train. Congratulations Dr. Bouman! Wrote the Royal Society of History on social media.
Bouman began working on an algorithm as a postgraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied electrical engineering and computer science.
According to Ben Guarino of the Washington Post:
"She was one of three dozen computer scientists to use algorithms to process the data collected by the Event Horizon Telescope project, a global collaboration of astronomers, engineers and mathematicians.
"Telescopes from around the world have picked up high-frequency radio waves near the Messier 87, a supermassive black hole located 54 million light-years away. But atmospheric disturbance and measurement accuracy meant "an infinite number of possible images" could explain the data, Bouman said. Well-designed algorithms have had to go through chaos. "
When the very first image was unveiled Wednesday, it sparked overwhelming enthusiasm online, not only for science, but also for the scientist who supports it.
"I'm inspired by Katie Bouman," Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of U.N. Women, wrote on Twitter.
Today, the very first image of a #Black hole has been revealed to the world. ?
Congratulations to Katie Bouman, who made this possible! ?
??We need more #WomenInScience like Bouman, and increase their visibility.? https://t.co/lf9mpQMawT
– UN Women (@UN_Women) April 10, 2019
The feeling was shared through social media.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: "Take your rightful place in history, Dr. Bouman! Congratulations and thank you for your enormous contribution to the progress of science and humanity. "
Take your rightful place in history, Dr. Bouman! ?
Congratulations and thank you for your enormous contribution to the progress of science and humanity.
Here is for #WomenInSTEM!
???????????? https://t.co/3cs9QYrz9C– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 10, 2019
The Barbie account on Twitter wrote: "Congratulations Katie Bouman for this remarkable achievement! Thank you for showing the example and encouraging girls to push the boundaries of science. "
Congratulations to Katie Bouman for this remarkable achievement! Thank you for showing the example and encouraging girls to push the boundaries of science. ?? #YouCanBeAnything #MoreRoleModels https://t.co/UErpwAEph0
– Barbie (@Barbie) April 11, 2019
"Hats off to Katie Bouman of MIT for her contribution to today's big announcement!", Writes Planetary Society, led by Bill Nye.
