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Heino Falcke is a German professor of radio astronomy and astroparticle physics at the Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands). His main field of study is black holes, and he is the originator of the concept of the 'black hole shadow'.
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Peter ScholzeAlso won Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Award
Françoise CombesAlso won Petrie Prize Lecture
William Wallace CampbellAlso won Henry Draper Medal
Ronald PlasterkAlso won Spinoza Prize
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Hendrik C. van de HulstAlso won Henry Draper MedalAbout this person
Heino Falcke is a German professor of radio astronomy and astroparticle physics at the Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands). His main field of study is black holes, and he is the originator of the concept of the 'black hole shadow'. In 2019, Falcke announced the first Event Horizon Telescope results at the EHT Press Conference in Brussels.
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Born 1966 · age 60
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