Sheperd Doeleman
Event Horizon Telescope Director | Unveiling the Black Hole Image
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Sheperd Doeleman is the Director of the Event Horizon Telescope project, which captured the first-ever image of a black hole. A senior research fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Doeleman led the international collaboration of over 200 scientists that achieved this historic feat.
His keynotes take audiences behind the scenes of this groundbreaking scientific discovery, revealing the challenges, teamwork, and innovative technology that made it possible. Doeleman's talks inspire awe at the mysteries of the cosmos and the power of human ingenuity to expand our understanding of the universe.
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Inside the black hole image that made history
At the center of a galaxy more than 55 million light-years away, there's a supermassive black hole with the mass of several billion suns. And now, for the first time ever, we can see it. Astrophysicist Sheperd Doeleman, head of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, speaks with TED's Chris Anderson about the iconic, first-ever image of a black hole -- and the epic, worldwide effort involved in capturing it.
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