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Introduction to Radio Interferometry

Jan 28, 2020

Download the slideshow: Facilitator: Dan Marrone, Arizona Air date: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 The technique of radio interferometry is an essential tool for modern radio astronomy. Interferometry made the Event Horizon Telescope image of M87* possible, but it is...

Black Hole Science – A Live Classroom Event

Dec 5, 2019

The Black Hole PIRE project is partnering with Zoom.us to offer a live course taught by two scientists and members of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), the global collaboration behind the first-ever black hole image announced in April 2019. This course will be...

Oregon Teacher of the Year cites Black Hole Image as inspiration

Oct 9, 2019

On a daily basis, teachers challenge students to develop 21st century learning skills by providing opportunities to collaborate, communicate, and create. -Arlee Hall Third grade teacher at Coquille Valley Elementary in Oregon. Arlee Hall was chosen as a regional...

$3M Breakthrough Prize Goes to Black Hole Hunters Including UA Astrophysicists

Sep 9, 2019

Dimitrios Pslatis, EHT project scientist, and Feryal Ozel, lead of the modeling analysis working group, are two of several University of Arizona researchers who contributed to the Event Horizon Telescope project, which was awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental...

2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

Sep 5, 2019

WINNERS OF THE 2020 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES, FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS ANNOUNCED September 5, 2019 – (San Francisco) – The Breakthrough Prize Foundation and its founding sponsors – Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Ma...

2019 CASPER Workshop and PIRE DSP School

Jun 5, 2019

Join the 2019 workshop to discuss new technology and tools for radio astronomers working with FPGA, GPU and general heterogeneous programming. Event is co-hosted by CASPER and Black Hole PIRE. Dates: August 12-16, 2019 Location: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA....

Public Lecture Series: Bringing Black Holes into Focus with the Event Horizon Telescope

Apr 17, 2019

Today, his predictions are being tested through work being done to take the first-ever images of nearby black holes using an earth-sized telescope array, the Event Horizon Telescope. The Event Horizon Telescope shared groundbreaking results from this effort involving...

Arizona Celebrates with the World in Sharing the First Black Hole Image

Apr 10, 2019

Arizona members of the Event Horizon Telescope joined the National Science Foundation in revealing the first-ever image captured of the supermassive black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy. Arizona's contribution to the EHT collaboration includes over 25 faculty,...