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Katie Bouman ‘hardly knew what a black hole was.’ Her algorithm helped us see one
By Vicky Stein
Online trolls are harassing a scientist who helped take the first picture of a black hole
By Mary Beth Griggs
The creation of the algorithm that made the first black hole image possible was led by MIT grad student Katie Bouman
By Catherine Shu
That first black hole picture? A West Lafayette grad played a big part
By Dave Bangert
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How Katie Bouman Accidentally Became the Face of the Black Hole Project (Published 2019)
By Sarah Mervosh
To undermine Katherine Bouman's role in the black hole photo, trolls held up a white man as the real hero -- until he fought back
By Saeed Ahmed & Michelle Lou
Katie Bouman: the 29-year-old whose work led to first black hole photo
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen
The first picture of a black hole made Katie Bouman an overnight celebrity. Then internet trolls descended.
By Ben Collins
29-year-old Katie Bouman 'didn't know anything about black holes'—then she helped capture the first photo of one
By Abigail Johnson Hess
Meet Katie Bouman, One Woman Who Helped Make the World's First Image of a Black Hole
By Katy Steinmetz
That image of a black hole you saw everywhere? Thank this grad student for making it possible
By Saeed Ahmed & Michelle Lou