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The first worldwide center to focus on the study of black holes.
Today we are throwing it back 5 years to when BHI alum Dominic Chang (then a fellow) was interviewed on the Adam MA Simpson podcast.
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#bhi
#blackholes
#DominicChang
#adammasimpson
#eventhorizon
#singularity
#harvard
3 days ago
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On June 4 & 5, the Black Hole Explorer team held a successful Technical Interchange Meeting at the CfA, with discussion focused on prototyping plans for the upcoming year. This meeting brought together scientists, engineers, and other staff from many of our partner institutions...
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BHI fellow Sasha Plavin has recently been published.
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#blackholeinitiative
#harvard
#harvarduniversity
#SashaPlavin
@IntersellarTurbulence @quasar
#blackholes
#aas_office
@aas_office
7 days ago
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✨ Congratulations to BHI affiliates Tintin Nguyen, Erandi Chavez, and Sol Gutiérrez-Lara on their recent academic milestones! ✨
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#BHI
#harvard
#TintinNguyen
#ErandiChavez
#SolGutiérrezLara
#graduation
#congratulations
#eht
#cfa
#centerforastro
10 days ago
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BHI graduate student Hyerin Cho, BHI fellow Cora Prather, BHI PIs Ramesh Narayan and Priya Natarajan, and BHI alumni Kung-Yi Su and Angelo Ricarte have recently published a new paper.
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#KungYiSu
#AngeloRicarte
#PriyaNatarajan
#HyerinCho
#RameshNarayan
#CoraPrather
18 days ago
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BHI Fellow Sasha Plavin has published a new paper, and the work was recently featured by EarthSky. More details on the paper coming soon!
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#BHI
#blackholeinitiative
#blackholes
#SashaPlavin
#milkyway
#earthskyscience
@earthskyscience
19 days ago
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That’s a wrap on our 2026 conference! The tote bags are packed, the programs are well-thumbed, and the conversations are still going. We’re already looking forward to next year.
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#blackholeinitiative
#bhiconference
#blackhole
#harvard
25 days ago
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✨We’re excited to announce that author Gautam Satishchandran (Princeton University) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#GautamSatishchandran
#BHI
#physics
@princeton
#princeton
26 days ago
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✨We’re excited to announce that author Mareki Honma (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BHIConference
#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#MarekiHonma
#BHI
#astronomy
@naoj_pr
#naoj_pr
#NAOJ
27 days ago
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✨We’re excited to announce that author Elias Most (Caltech) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#EliasMost
#BHI
#astronomy
@caltechedu
#caltechedu
28 days ago
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✨We’re excited to announce that author Eleanor Knox (Kings College London) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BHIConference
#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#EleanorKnox
#BHI
#astronomy
@lifeatkings
#lifeatkings
29 days ago
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✨We’re excited to announce that author Stefan Gillessen (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#StefanGillessen
#BHI
#astronomy
@maxplanckgesellschaft @maxplanckgesellschaft
29 days ago
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✨We’re excited to announce that author Scott Ransom (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BHIConference
#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#ScottRansom
#BHI
#astronomy
@thenrao
#thenrao
about 1 month ago
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✨We’re excited to announce that author David Wallace (University of Pittsburgh) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BHIConference
#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#DavidWallace
#BHI
#philosophy
@pittofficial
#pittofficial
about 1 month ago
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✨We’re excited to announce that author Janet Vertesi (Princeton University) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BHIConference
#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#JanetVertesi
#BHI
#philosophy
@princeton
#princeton
about 1 month ago
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✨ We’re excited to announce that Leonard Susskind (Stanford University) will be joining us as the Keynote Speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BHIConference
#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#LeonardSusskind
#BHI
#physics
@stanford
#stanford
#harvard
#leinweberinstitute
about 1 month ago
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We are pleased to announce that BHI PI Ramesh Narayan has been appointed the Thomas Dudley Cabot Research Professor of the Natural Sciences, Emeritus, for the 2026–27 academic year. Congrats!!
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#blackholeinitiative
#RameshNarayan
#thomasdudleycabot
#harvard
about 1 month ago
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✨ We’re excited to announce that author Tom Lin will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#TomLin
#BHI
#physics
#harvard
@tom_lin__
about 1 month ago
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Hyerin is back at it again...a black hole sized congratulations to Hyerin Cho on being awarded the 2026 ITC Keto Prize!
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#HyerinCho
#ITC
#KetoPrize
#haravard
#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#theoreticalastrophysics
#CFA
about 1 month ago
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✨ We’re excited to share that Ettore Minguzzi (Università degli Studi di Pisa/University of Pisa) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BHIConference
#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#EttoreMinguzzi
#BHI
#physics
@unipisa
#unipisa
#harvard
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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A big congratulations to Hyerin on successfully defending her thesis!
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#HyerinCHo
#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#thesis
#thesisdefended
#harvard
#HarvardUniversity
#harvaduniversity
#congratulations
about 1 month ago
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✨ We’re excited to share that Jenny Greene (Princeton University) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BHIConference
#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#JennyGreene
#BHI
#astrophysics
@princeton
#princeton
about 1 month ago
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✨ We’re excited to share that Ahmed Almheiri (New York University Abu Dhabi) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BHIConference
#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#AhmedAlmheiri
#BHI
#physics
@nyuabudhabi
#nyuabudhabi
about 2 months ago
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That’s a wrap on our lecture season… for now. 🌌
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🎥 Explore the archive:
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#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#summer
#staycool
#eternalsunshine
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about 2 months ago
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✨ We’re excited to share that James Weatherall (University of California) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BHIConference
#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#JamesWeatherall
#BHI
#philosophy
@ucirvine
#ucirvine
about 2 months ago
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Hyerin Cho Public Thesis Defense When: April 30th, 9:30am Where: Phillips Auditorium Black Hole Accretion and Feedback: From the Event Horizon to Galactic Scales Advisor: Ramesh Narayan Good Luck Hyerin!!
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#BHI
#BlackHoleInitiative
#blackholes
#galaticscales
#harvarduniversity
about 2 months ago
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Please join us on 04.27.26 at 11 a.m. for our last Colloquium of the year with Bart Ripperda from the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA).
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#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#blackhole
#blackholes
#astronomy
about 2 months ago
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Please join us on 04.06.26, at 9:30 am, for our next Foundations Seminar of the year!
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#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#bhifoundationsseminar
#foundationseminar
#JustinClarkeDoane
@harvard @columbia
#columbia
#harvarduniversity
#philosophy
about 2 months ago
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Congratulations to 2026 NSF GRFP award recipient: BHI Graduate Student, Samuel Feyan!
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#CFA
#centerforastrophysics
#nsfgov
@nsfgov
#SamuelFeyan
#BHI
#blackhole
#blackholeinitiative
about 2 months ago
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Please join us on 04.20.26, at 9:30 am, for our next Foundations Seminar.
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#blackholeinitiative
#bhifoundationsseminar
#foundationseminar
#DominicDold
@harvard philosophy @notredame notredame
about 2 months ago
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Please join us on 04.20.26 at 11 a.m. for our next Colloquium with Alejandra Castro from the University of Cambridge.
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#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#bhicolloquium
#blackhole
#harvarduniversity
#harvard
#AlejandraCastro
#blackholes
#Physics
about 2 months ago
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✨ We’re excited to share that Jenann Ismael (Johns Hopkins University) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#JenannIsmael
#BHI
#philosophy
@johnshopkinsu
#johnshopkinsu
2 months ago
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Please join us on 04.13.26, at 9:30 am, for our next Foundations Seminar. Our speaker will be Roman Berens from Vanderbilt University. Please register here:
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#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#bhifoundationsseminar
#foundationseminar
#RomanBerens
@harvard
#physics
@vanderbiltu
#vaderbiltu
2 months ago
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lease join us on 04.13.26 at 11 a.m. for our next Colloquium with BHI Fellow Simon Heuveline. Please register here:
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An Invitation to Self-Dual Gravity
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#blackholeinitiative
#bhicolloquium
#blackhole
#harvarduniversity
#harvard
#blackholes
#physics
#SimonHeuveline
2 months ago
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Group trip to see Twice at the Garden. Did they know we were coming? 👀💕
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2 months ago
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Please join us on 04.06.26 at 11 a.m. for our next Colloquium with Maria Charisi from Washington State University.
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#blackholeinitiative
#bhicolloquium
#blackhole
#harvarduniversity
#harvard
#MariaCharisi
#wsupullman
#blackholes
#Astronomy
2 months ago
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Please join us on 04.06.26, at 9:30 am, for our next Foundations Seminar.
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#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#bhifoundationsseminar
#foundationseminar
#JosephSchindler
@harvard @uabbarcelona
#uabbarcelona
#harvarduniversity
#physics
2 months ago
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✨ We’re excited to share that Nicolás Yunes (University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign) will be joining us as a speaker at our 9th Annual Conference. ✨
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#BHIConference
#BlackHoleInitiative
#BlackHoles
#NicolasYunes
#BHI
@illinois1867
#illinois1867
#physics
3 months ago
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BHI Graduate Student Hyerin Cho will present “Bridging Scales in Black Hole Accretion and Feedback: Subgrid Prescription from First Principles” at the next ITC Luncheon. April 2, 2026 - 12:30 pm Streaming:
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#bhi
#umbreladialogues
#HyerinCho
#blackhole
#ITCLuncheon
#bridgingscales
3 months ago
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Please join us on 03.30.26 at 11 a.m. for our next Colloquium with Shiraz Minwalla from TIFR.
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#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#bhicolloquium
#blackhole
#harvarduniversity
#harvard
#blackholes
#physics
#ShiraxMinwalla
@tifrscience
#tifrscience
3 months ago
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BHI Fellow Daniel Palumbo will be presenting “Spectral Signatures of Photon Orbits” at the next RMS Seminar. 11am via Zoom:
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#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#rmsseminar
#DanielPalumbo
#spectalsignals
#blackhole
3 months ago
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Please join us on 03.30.26, at 9:30 am, for our next Foundations Seminar.
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#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#bhifoundationsseminar
#foundationseminar
#MartaBielinska
@harvard @pittofficial
#pittofficial
#harvarduniversity
#philosophy
3 months ago
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Please join us on 03.23.26, at 9:30 am, for our next Foundations Seminar.
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#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#bhifoundationsseminar
#foundationseminar
#philosophy
@harvard
#AaronSidneyWright
#harvarduniversity
@dalhousieu
#dalhousieu
#ukchalifax
3 months ago
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Registration is open! 9th Annual Black Hole Initiative Conference May 20-21, 2026 Gutman Conference Center Cambridge, Ma Registration is open. Please see our website for more details.
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#blackholeinitiative
#bhiannualconference2026
#harvarduniversity
#blackhole
3 months ago
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Please join us on May 22 for Bridging Scales in Black Hole Feedback, a companion event to the BHI Conference, last held two years ago. May 22, 2026 Phillips Auditorium Cambridge, MA Register here:
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#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#bridgingscales
#blackholes
#feedback
#blackholefeedback
3 months ago
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Save the Date: Fifth Annual Meeting of the ngEHT History, Philosophy and Culture Working Group May 19, 2026 BHI Conference Room, Cambridge, MA
#bhi
#ngEHT
#History
#Philosphy
#Culture
#blackholeinitiative
#harvard
#blackhole
3 months ago
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BHI fellow Chengcheng Xin has recently been published.
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Identifying Compact Chirping SMBHBs in LSST Using Bayesian Analysis
#bhi
#blackholeinitiative
#harvard
#harvarduniversity
#ChengchengXin
#Chirping
#LSST
3 months ago
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No Foundations Seminar or Colloquium this upcoming Monday, March 16th — we’re on Spring Break! 🌺🌷🐞 Need your black hole fix? Dive into our YouTube archives instead:
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#blackholeinitiative
#blackhole
#Harvard
#bhicolloquium
#blackholes
#bhifoundationsseminar
#springbreak
3 months ago
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BHI fellow Chengcheng Xin will share her research on supermassive black hole binaries at the next UMBRELLA Dialogues. March 11, 2026 3:00 pm Zoom:
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Passcode: 327700
#bhi
#umbreladialogues
#ChengchengXin
#blackhole
#Smithsonian
#CFA
#supermassiveblackhole
3 months ago
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