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BHI Fellow Angelo Ricarte awarded 2024 Early Career Award

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration has announced outstanding member contributions in the 5th annual EHT Early Career and Outstanding PhD Awards. Angelo Ricarte was awarded for his contributions to the EHT Sgr A* Polarization Papers; for making foundational contributions to the polarimetric study of Sgr A* and M87*, and for his leadership role in connecting […]

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New EHT Images Reveal Unexpected Polarization Flips at M87*

PaperPress Release Multi-year Event Horizon Telescope observations capture evolving polarization patterns insupermassive black hole and see emissions in 230 GHz near the base of its jet The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has unveiled new, detailed images of thesupermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87— known as M87— revealing a dynamic environment […]

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The 8th Annual BHI Conference Registration Is Open

We are pleased to announce to announce the speakers for this year’s conference: Alex Lupsasca, Vanderbilt University Alice Bucknell, Artist; SCI-Arc Andrea Puhm, Universiteit van Amsterdam Chris Smeenk, Western University Chung-Pei Ma, UC Berkeley Daniel Jafferis, Harvard University Dennis Lehmkuhl, Universität Bonn Hannah Marcus, Harvard University Hsin-Yu Chen, University of Texas at Austin Matias Zaldarriaga, […]

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Andrew Strominger Receives 2025 Frontiers of Science Award

BHI PI Andrew Strominger and Alexander Zhiboedov have been selected by the International Congress of Basic Science, as a recipient of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Award for their paper “Gravitational Memory, BMS Supertranslations and Soft Theorems,” About the Frontiers of Science Award. The FSA was inaugurated in 2023 under the auspices of the International […]

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Priyamvada Natarajan wins 2025 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

BHI PI and Yale astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan has won the prestigious 2025 DannieHeineman Prize for Astrophysics for her pathbreaking research focused on the invisibleuniverse, including the nature of dark matter and understanding the origin of black holes. https://bit.ly/3WwGAGc

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Michael Johnson receives PECASE

The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for leadership early in their research careers. The award recognizes innovative and far-reaching […]

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Netta Engelhardt receives PECASE

The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for leadership early in their research careers. The award recognizes innovative and far-reaching […]

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