Minty<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackHole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHole</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>simulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JeanPierreLuminet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeanPierreLuminet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c1960" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c1960</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c1978" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c1978</span></a><br>The first simulated image of a black hole was calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978.</p>