Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer, you can now plunge into the event horizon, a black hole’s point of no return.
NASA Simulation’s Plunge Into a Black Hole: Explained:
The same video in 360 mode:
Download these high-resolution videos (upto 8K!) straight from NASA:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14576
The flyby explainer - NASA Simulation’s Flight Around a Black Hole: Explained:
In 360 -
Credits:
NASA Science Blog: https://science.nasa.gov/supermassi...visualization-takes-viewers-beyond-the-brink/
One more excellent Black Hole simulation.
YouTuber puts 4 Million Suns in a Black Hole over New York:
Corrections and Notes from the video description -
"I messed up one of the lines towards the end, I said TON618 has more mass than the entire Milky Way but I meant to say more mass than all the stars in the Milky Way. The Milky Way has a lot of hidden matter called dark matter which makes the galaxy incredibly heavy, a lot heavier than the stars.
Also the physicists out there might not be super happy with my description of gravity reaching out and grabbing things, technically it bends spacetime but I do try to balance how technical I am so everyone can appreciate it.
A few people have said Phoenix A is bigger than TON618 but as of February 2024 I think TON618 still has the crown, PhoenixA has been measured indirectly by a couple of different methods, one bigger than TON618 and one smaller. TON618 has been measured directly so is the more reliable black hole king… for now. "
NASA Simulation’s Plunge Into a Black Hole: Explained:
The same video in 360 mode:
Download these high-resolution videos (upto 8K!) straight from NASA:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14576
The flyby explainer - NASA Simulation’s Flight Around a Black Hole: Explained:
In 360 -
Credits:
NASA Science Blog: https://science.nasa.gov/supermassi...visualization-takes-viewers-beyond-the-brink/
One more excellent Black Hole simulation.
YouTuber puts 4 Million Suns in a Black Hole over New York:
Corrections and Notes from the video description -
"I messed up one of the lines towards the end, I said TON618 has more mass than the entire Milky Way but I meant to say more mass than all the stars in the Milky Way. The Milky Way has a lot of hidden matter called dark matter which makes the galaxy incredibly heavy, a lot heavier than the stars.
Also the physicists out there might not be super happy with my description of gravity reaching out and grabbing things, technically it bends spacetime but I do try to balance how technical I am so everyone can appreciate it.
A few people have said Phoenix A is bigger than TON618 but as of February 2024 I think TON618 still has the crown, PhoenixA has been measured indirectly by a couple of different methods, one bigger than TON618 and one smaller. TON618 has been measured directly so is the more reliable black hole king… for now. "
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