May 07, 2024 19:00:00

NASA simulates what it would look like if we entered a black hole

NASA has used a supercomputer to visualize what it would look like if a camera were plunged into a black hole, an object from which not even light can escape.

NASA Simulation's Plunge Into a Black Hole: Explained - YouTube


New black hole visualization takes viewers beyond the brink
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The camera moves forward toward the black hole seen ahead. The thin circle surrounding the black hole is called the 'photon ring.'

The camera is sucked in from above.

As we approach the black hole, light begins to appear distorted. The camera approaches the center of the black hole, known as the '

event horizon .'

After a few seconds, the camera reaches

the singularity , which takes approximately three hours for the camera to fall into the event horizon, although to a distant observer it appears to be stationary.

The simulation generated about 10 TB of data, which would take more than 10 years to process on a regular laptop. NASA created the simulation in just five days using just 0.3% of the capacity of the Climate Simulation Center's supercomputer, Discover .

'Simulating these hard-to-imagine processes allows us to connect the mathematics of relativity with real-world consequences in the real universe,' said Jeremy Schnittman, an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.