Help Katie Bouman · 10:47pm Apr 15th, 2019
I normally talk about animals or movies I like, but I learned something terrible happened to someone, so this blog is for them. You may not have heard this, but recently scientists have been able to create a picture of a black hole. This has been a scientific project that has lasted for nearly a century! Katie Bouman is a graduate student who led one of the four teams that helped combine centuries worth of data into a clear picture. It's not often a women scientists is involved in a discovery this big.
Unfortunately, Katie isn't getting the credit she deserves. After the discovery was published, an internet troll set up several Twitter accounts in her name and posted awful things to Katie's coworkers. Katie was forced to shut down her phone, but it was not enough. Her reputation is being destroyed because of a lie. This is a good example to always look twice on the Internet. All those bad things about Katie Bouman aren't true. She's a genius.