Tag: Shep Doeleman

  • Nation & World

    ‘The dawn of a new era in astronomy’

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

    5 minutes
    Shep Doeleman, Paul Tiede, Kari Haworth, Angelo Ricarte, and Ellen Stofan.
  • Nation & World

    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.

    5 minutes
    Shep Doeleman
  • Nation & World

    ‘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.

    2 minutes