Visibility matters. In male-dominated fields such as science and technology, simply being able to witness accomplished, talented women doing impressive work can have a powerful knock-on effect. Women already working in that industry will feel proud, motivated and seen. Younger women and girls will be inspired. And the stereotype that women simply aren’t suited to a certain kind of work – or just don’t want to do it – will be blown to smithereens.

It’s why Stylist launched our Visible Women campaign in January 2018, to raise awareness of women – past and present – who’ve made a difference to our world. And it’s why we were so excited to hear about Katie Bouman, the 29-year-old computer scientist who was integral in creating the first-ever image of a black hole.

Dr Bouman led the development of a computer programme that made it possible to capture the historic photo of the supermassive black hole, which was released on 10 April.

She shared a photo on Facebook that showed her sitting excitedly in her lab as the image loaded on her laptop. “Watching in disbelief as the first image I ever made of a black hole was in the process of being reconstructed,” she wrote.

Meet Dr Katie Bouman, the 29-year-old who made that black hole photo possible