It’s pretty awesome to hear that computer science played a big part in yesterday’s Event Horizon blackhole image.

Yeah, I'd like to see that done without it...

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dude they literally orchestrated radio telescopes all around the globe to work in synchronization such that it basically attempts to simulate a radio telescope the size of the earth by taking measurements and accounting for the Earth's rotation. how sick is that. mind-blowing stuff.

https://youtu.be/S_GVbuddri8