The iconic and first ever image of a black hole was recently released. It took over a decade of work and is a major achievement for astronomy and broadens our understanding of the universe for all of us. Would it surprise you to know that Python played a major part in this discovery? Of course it did, and Dr. Sara Issaoun is here to give us the full story. 
 
Links from the show 
 
<div>Sara's PyCon keynote: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6SWPjdxvEI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">youtube.com</a> 
Sara on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/saraissaoun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@saraissaoun</a> 
Event Horizon Telescope: <a href="https://eventhorizontelescope.org/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eventhorizontelescope.org</a> 
Black Hole Image Makes History; NASA Telescopes Coordinated Observations: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/black-hole-image-makes-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nasa.gov</a> 
Event Horizon Data: <a href="https://eventhorizontelescope.org/for-astronomers/data" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eventhorizontelescope.org</a> 
Imaging, analysis, and simulation software for radio interferometry Package: <a href="https://github.com/achael/eht-imaging/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">github.com</a> 
Initial data showing ring (matplotlib) (video at time): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6SWPjdxvEI&t=1382s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">youtube.com</a> 
Mars 2020 Helicopter GitHub Badge: <a href="https://github.blog/changelog/2021-04-19-new-badge-for-developers-who-contributed-to-the-mars-2020-helicopter-mission/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">github.blog</a> 
Watch this episode on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNh-CRldaHM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">youtube.com</a> 
Episode transcripts: <a href="https://talkpython.fm/episodes/transcript/398/imaging-black-holes-with-python" target="_blank" rel="noopener">talkpython.fm</a> 
 
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