How the Event Horizon Telescope Captured the First Image of a Black Hole
A global network of radio telescopes linked by Harvard astrophysicist Shep Doeleman produced the first image of a black hole's shadow.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 29 Oct 2026. The Joy of Why published first, on 29 October at 10:00 UTC; Hacker News followed 23h 49m later. The most recent article, from Hacker News, appeared on 30 October at 09:49 UTC.
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- Shep Doeleman
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