[Interview] Event Horizon Telescope. But 10 Times Better

We got two images of supermassive black hole with the Event Horizon Telescope. But can we make it better? How can we take the telescope to the next level and resolve a photon ring of a black hole? Finding out with Ben Hudson, System Engineer from KISPE Space.

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• 00:00 Intro

• 01:50 What is a photon ring

• 04:56 Structure around black holes

• 08:36 How can we resolve the photon ring

• 12:51 Making the Event Horizon Telescope bigger

• 44:28 What can we learn from the photon ring

• 53:10 Final thoughts and more interviews

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