Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer, viewers can plunge into the event horizon, a black hole’s point of no return. “People often ask about this, and simulating these difficult-to-imagine processes helps me connect the mathematics of relativity to […]
  • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The video is also aware of your phone orientation, so you can look around during the fall. Neat.

      • xploit@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Does seem to work in Firefox focus for me on latest android, though I admit I didn’t bother trying regular ff.as I can’t be arsed to whitelist yt stuff in NoScript even temporarily

  • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Of course the accretion disc is like the most powerful chainsaw in the universe, so between that and spaghettification by tidal forces there won’t be much left to actually do observing.

    • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      If you find a large one, come in at the right angle and the photosphere doesn’t incinerate you, it would certainly be an interesting way to go.

  • Zozano
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    2 months ago

    How did they recover the video? I’m beginning to think this isn’t real.