Earth-Size Telescope Will Make Black Holes Say "Cheese!"
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Nobel laureate Robert Wilson discusses how a network of telescopes might illumine a black hole, after the 92nd Street Y’s Bang! Bang! event.
For more black hole coverage, check out Scientific American's Dark Star Diaries: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/dark-star-diaries/
Learn more about the Event Horizon Telescope: http://www.eventhorizontelescope.org
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TRANSCRIPT: What does a black hole really look like?
Robert Wilson: The pictures they've probably seen are simulations of what we ought to see.
Nobel Laureate Robert Wilson explains how scientists are seeking ways to reveal a black hole's true form.
Wilson: There are something like seven different telescopes in different parts of the world. In Hawaii, Arizona, Chile, Mexico, South Pole, Spain...And they can all sort of work together to make a sort of Earth-sized telescope. And we hope that in the end, when we get all this working correctly, that we'll be able to see transient events. And really get a picture of what a black hole looks like and its surroundings.
For more black hole coverage, check out Scientific American's Dark Star Diaries: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/dark-star-diaries/
Learn more about the Event Horizon Telescope: http://www.eventhorizontelescope.org
Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SciAmerican
TRANSCRIPT: What does a black hole really look like?
Robert Wilson: The pictures they've probably seen are simulations of what we ought to see.
Nobel Laureate Robert Wilson explains how scientists are seeking ways to reveal a black hole's true form.
Wilson: There are something like seven different telescopes in different parts of the world. In Hawaii, Arizona, Chile, Mexico, South Pole, Spain...And they can all sort of work together to make a sort of Earth-sized telescope. And we hope that in the end, when we get all this working correctly, that we'll be able to see transient events. And really get a picture of what a black hole looks like and its surroundings.
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