Python Used to Take Photo of Black Hole

Scientists have used a new algorithm to take a photo of a black hole. One of the most exciting parts about it to me is that they used a lot of Python libraries to do the magic.

Here’s a list mentioned in their paper:

• Numpy (van der Walt et al. 2011)
• Scipy (Jones et al. 2001)
• Pandas (McKinney 2010)
• Jupyter (Kluyver et al. 2016)
• Matplotlib (Hunter 2007).
• Astropy (The Astropy Collaboration et al. 2013, 2018)

They also used their own custom Python code which is available on Github

If you’re interested in a more laymen’s explanation of the ideas behind taking the photo, there’s a nice TED talk on it from one of the researchers:

Related Links

• Reddit Python group discussing these developments
• A Photo of the researcher
  that appears to show Matplotlib running.