The Event Horizon Telescope required multiple telescopes, with split-second synchronization, to capture the image of the M87 black hole. How many telescopes were used? -Space
Recognizing their vision and leadership within the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) awards Shep Doeleman and Heino Falcke the Henry Draper Medal. The 300+ members of the collaboration are honored and proud of this recognition of the revolutionary and fundamental scientific results they achieved together. The Henry Draper Medal is awarded every four years and honors a recent, original investigation in astronomical physics of sufficient importance and benefit to science.