Katie Bouman Made It Possible For Us To See The Black Hole

It was a woman of course whose algorithm made it possible for us to see the image of the Black Hole.

Yes, of course it was a she. MIT graduate Katie Bouman had three years ago worked on an algorithm that made it possible for us to see the black hole. An image of what is called the ‘Super Massive Black Hole’ was released yesterday and had the people of earth, awe struck at the great big vastness of the universe, time, light and all else one cannot quite fathom. But the person who had somewhat less trouble fathoming all of it was Katie Bouman. Her Facebook post talking about her ‘disbelief’ was more about the her joy that her image was being reconstructed to eventually be shared with the world...

Watching in disbelief as the first image I ever made of a black hole was in the process of being reconstructed

Katie Bouman, Scientist