Very Long Baseline Interferometry & the Black Hole Picture

Have you seen the new black hole picture? To learn more about how it was taken, let’s look at how very long baseline interferometry made it possible, with a little knowledge about waves and reflections! Here are some links to additional useful info: EHT Website: https://eventhorizontelescope.org/ EHT YouTube Channel:    / @ehtelescope   This video was made as part of MIT’s CMS/ES.333, Production of Educational Videos in the Spring 2019 Semester. ------------------------------------- Sources: M87* Image - Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration Tokyo EHT Stream - National AstronomicalObservatory of Japan Brussels EHT Stream - European Research Council Radio Telescope Array - NSF Site Globe Map - ESO / L. Calcada Site Map w/ Photos - C. Fromm & L. Rezzolla (Goethe University Frankfurt, BlackHoleCam, EHT Collaboration) Simulation Log Color - Hotaka Shiokawa Merging Galaxies - ESA/Herschel; ESO/APEX; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); D. Riechers et al. 2017 Galaxy - Yun et al. Nature 1994, 372, 530 SKA Music by Patrick Lieberkind