Animation of a Trip Around a Black Hole

Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Astronomy, Cosmology, Models, Simulations

Ed Hessler

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) shows what it would like to circle a black hole in a stunning visualization (18s). 

The features of a black hole are labeled with an explanation for each of the terms. In this trip you end up where you started from, not in the black hole itself.

All aboard!