Inside the black hole image that made history

Title:
Inside the black hole image that made history
Speaker:
Sheperd Doeleman
Description:

At the center of a galaxy more than 55 million light-years away, there's a supermassive black hole with the mass of several billion suns. And now, for the first time ever, we can see it. Astrophysicist Sheperd Doeleman, head of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, speaks with TED's Chris Anderson about the iconic, first-ever image of a black hole -- and the epic, worldwide effort involved in capturing it.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
11:29
Format: HTML5
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