black holes

The Event Horizon Telescope: From the First Images to the First Movies of Black Holes

Laurent Loinard, Professor of Astronomy, Institute for Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics (IRyA), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Sep 7, 16:00 - 17:00

B20 Auditorium

Astrophysics Visualization High Performance Computing algorithms telescope statistical inference computational analysis galaxy black holes astrometry

This lecture explores the Event Horizon Telescope's groundbreaking achievements in imaging supermassive black holes, details the complex global and computational infrastructure enabling these discoveries, and outlines the future transition from static images to dynamic, real-time movies of the universe's most extreme environments.