Ethan Ward – Berkeley Scientific Journal

The price of discovery

by Berkeley ScientificFall 2019 December 20, 2019February 28, 20220 comments

by Ethan Ward Hawaii is almost universally seen as a tropical paradise, but it has much more than its natural beauty to offer. Native Hawaiians who continue to follow the traditional religion see their islands as a manifestation of divinity on Earth. Astronomers, on the other hand, see it as the gateway to the …

In Event (of) Horizon, Break Glass!

by Berkeley Scientific2019, BSJ Blog, Spring 2019 May 27, 2019February 28, 20220 comments

by Ethan Ward How do you see something that doesn’t want to be seen? This was the fundamental question facing scientists who worked on the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project to produce the first ever picture of a black hole. If you want to know more about taking a snapshot of something that has the …