The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is an array that links together eight existing radio observatories across the planet to form a single Earth-sized virtual telescope. The telescope is named after the "event horizon," the boundary of the black hole beyond which no light can escape.| NSF - National Science Foundation
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This awardee put his own technical work aside to become interim director of the Haystack Observatory during a period of uncertainty and budgetary challenge. He managed to keep the program running with limited funds and secured $22 million in new funds from federal agencies. And he did it all without thought of reward or recognition. Indeed, he removed his name as a candidate for the permanent directorship to allow a younger person to take over, providing long-term stability. He next took on t...| hr.mit.edu
The Breakthrough Foundation has announced today that the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration will receive the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, in recognition of their achievement of making the first image of a black hole in the galaxy Messier 87. The citation reads: “For the first image of a supermassive black hole, taken by means of an Earth-sized alliance of telescopes.” The $3 million prize will be split equally among all coauthors of the first six papers published by ...| eventhorizontelescope.org
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