Post 9hfGZST6kMHC4RXyl6 by starwall@scifi.fyi
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 (DIR) Post #9heWqZ7GgiVXigYECG by starwall@scifi.fyi
       2019-04-10T03:03:56Z
       
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       Tomorrow, at 9 AM eastern standard time, for the first time in human history, we're going to have real images of a black hole.The livestream will be broadcast here, and I will have a thread to talk about the results of it right here on this alt account as it happens!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnJi0Jy692w
       
 (DIR) Post #9heWqZDIKJKQ1NN2ae by starwall@scifi.fyi
       2019-04-10T03:05:52Z
       
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       The Event Horizon Telescope is an array of telescopes the size of the Earth, to achieve the highest angular resolution of any astronomical facility yet.Every night they've been gathering million gigabytes of data. It’s the largest amount of recording in any other experiment in astronomy to date. "Five years ago we couldn't even afford the hard drives for this"The difficulty of this task can be compared to “taking a picture of a DVD on the surface of the moon from the surface of the Earth”
       
 (DIR) Post #9heWqZR7UuO4iFq58i by starwall@radical.town
       2019-04-10T03:11:52Z
       
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       @starwall fucking a million gigabytes every night. Incredible.
       
 (DIR) Post #9heWqZdAm61pJdThvU by MissionControl@habitat.lunarpunk.space
       2019-04-10T03:13:50.686679Z
       
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       @starwall@starwallYou're fucking how many gigabytes?!
       
 (DIR) Post #9hfGZST6kMHC4RXyl6 by starwall@scifi.fyi
       2019-04-10T12:41:10Z
       
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       In a very short while now, about 20 minutes, the EHT team are going to be revealing their results to the public. This single blurry image has taken recording a million gigabytes of data per night for years to make, and the collaborative work of a network of telescopes all across the globe. There is more data involved in this experiment than ANY previous experiment in physics or astronomy.
       
 (DIR) Post #9hfKsF3VEvARn1maoa by starwall@scifi.fyi
       2019-04-10T12:53:07Z
       
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       10 minutes!
       
 (DIR) Post #9hfKsFCigeXYFc5xBI by starwall@scifi.fyi
       2019-04-10T13:26:23Z
       
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       This image was taken almost entirely with light from the other side of the black hole that just barely escaped falling into the event horizon.