Tag: Shep Doeleman

  • Science & Tech

    ‘The dawn of a new era in astronomy’

    Harvard scientists discuss what the quest to image black holes could tell us about our universe.

    Shep Doeleman, Paul Tiede, Kari Haworth, Angelo Ricarte, and Ellen Stofan.
  • Campus & Community

    Black hole project nets Breakthrough Prize

    The nearly 350 astronomers, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates who worked for more than a decade to capture the first-ever image of a black hole have been named the recipients of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

    Shep Doeleman
  • Science & Tech

    ‘Point of no return’ found

    Using a continent-spanning telescope, an international team of astronomers has peered to the edge of a black hole at the center of a distant galaxy. For the first time, they have measured the black hole’s “point of no return” — the closest distance that matter can approach before being irretrievably pulled into the black hole.