When Katie Bouman was credited to be the scientist who made it possible for us to have a picture of a black hole for the first time, she wouldn’t have imagined that she would face a question mark on her credibility, due to her gender. There are threads, pages and memes on the internet, which […]

On 10th April 2019 astronomers released the first ever image of a black hole. And interestingly, a 29-year-old female US Computer Scientist Dr Katie Bouman has been credited for it. But many netizens (read men) weren’t happy with the fact that a female astronomer could achieve what male astronomers have tried from so long time. […]

MIT graduate and scientist Katie Bouman and her team made it possible for the world to see the first-ever black hole image. The 29 -year-old researcher heads a team that led to the creation of an algorithm which made it possible for the scientists to finally capture the images of a black hole. The National Science Foundation […]