Making the ultimate darkness visible

In effort to image black hole, a chance to rule on Einstein BY Colleen Walsh; Harvard Staff Writer DATE: November 3, 2016 Being an astrophysicist and father of two is no easy task. Just ask Dimitrios Psaltis. On a recent morning, the University of Arizona professor of astronomy and physics toggled between a recipe for French pancakes and […]

Prestigious Fellowship for UA’s Dimitrios Psaltis

The astronomy professor has been awarded a Radcliffe Institute fellowship to explore the edges of known physics by looking at black holes and exchanging ideas with scientists, artists and filmmakers at Harvard University. Daniel Stolte, University Relations – Communications June 1, 2016 The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University has selected Dimitrios Psaltis, a professor in […]

Press Release: Black Holes Come to the Big Screen

The new movie “Interstellar” explores a longstanding fascination, but we are using cutting-edge technology to go one better. We are working on how to take pictures of the black hole at the center of the galaxy. Read our press release with videos and animations.

Event Horizon Telescope Conference in Tucson

Some of the press coverage of the “Event Horizon Telescope” conference I helped organize in January 2012: Science Magazine KOLD Tucson NY Daily News Daily Wildcat  Here is the Press Release for the conference.