How is Illinois contributing to the Event Horizon Telescope Project?

04/10/19
Professor Charles Gammie, center, and graduate students Ben Prather, left, and Charles Wong, right.
Event Horizon Telescope Project theoretical working group leader Charles Gammie, center, and graduate students Ben Prather, left, and Charles Wong. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

The Event Horizon Telescope Project announced that it has captured the first image of a black hole. The feature is located at the center of Messier 87 – a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. News Bureau physical sciences editor Lois Yoksoulian spoke with University of Illinois physics and astronomy professor Charles Gammie, who heads up the theory working group for the large, multi-institutional collaboration. The interview is published on the website of the Illinois News Bureau here: https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/772550.

 

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