29-year-old Katie Bouman 'didn't know anything about' black holes—then she helped capture the first photo of one
April 12, 2019 at 10:03 AM EDT
On Wednesday, after 10 years of planning and scientific investments totaling over $50 million, researchers released the first-ever image of a black hole. One of the scientists on the team that generated the image is Katie Bouman, a 29-year-old computer scientist.