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What would we see if we fell into a Black Hole?

ScienceClic English · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Cosmology & astrophysicsComputer graphics & rendering

What it is

ScienceClic visualizes what you would see falling into a black hole, from the approach and the accretion disc to crossing the horizon, in 15 minutes.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a great visual explanation of the infall experience, including when spaghettification happens.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “see this great YouTube video of what you would see if you fell into a Black Hole.”

    Explains what you would see falling into a black hole.

    bocytron, 2022-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Visualizing black holes with general relativistic ray tracing”

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Topics: event horizon, general relativity, visualization, spaghettification, accretion disc

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