Meet Katie Bouman, the young woman behind the first image of a black hole

Dr. Katie Bouman, a 29-year-old computer scientist, is now well-known to everyone: she is sitting in front of her computer, her hands on her mouth, she has just created the very first image of a black hole.

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Dr. Bouman led the development of a computer algorithm that made this revolutionary image possible. The photo shows a ring of dust and gas surrounding the shadow of a mass in the center of the 87 Messier galaxy (M87).

The photo and its name quickly became viral, and everyone, from celebrities to politicians, received well-deserved praise for the young woman's accomplishments.

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Ms. Bouman began creating the algorithm three years ago while she was a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She led the project with the help of a team of scientists from the MIT Computer and Artificial Intelligence Lab, the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Center, and the University of Ottawa. 39 observatory of the haystack MIT.

The black hole image was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a network of eight linked telescopes, and rendered by Mr. Bouman's algorithm. He was captured using telescopes around the world.

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