Sheperd Doeleman: Inside the black hole image that made history

The video discusses the journey from Einstein's theory of gravity to the imaging of a black hole. It explains how matter deforms spacetime, leading to the formation of black holes, and describes the efforts to capture the first image of a black hole in galaxy M87 using a global network of telescopes. The process involved collecting vast amounts of data and synchronizing it with atomic clocks. The video also touches on the dynamics of black holes, including their spinning nature and the event horizon, and highlights the collaborative effort of scientists worldwide.

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