In the simulation, the black hole’s event horizon covers an area of 16 million miles (25 million kilometers).
NASA ’s supercomputer has produced cutting-edge visualizations that allow viewers to plunge into the event horizon — the point at which a black hole’s gravitational pull becomes irresistible.
“So I simulated two different scenarios, one where a camera — a stand-in for a daring astronaut — just misses the event horizon and slingshots back out, and one where it crosses the boundary, sealing its fate,” Schnittman added. Schnittman collaborated with fellow Goddard scientist Brian Powell to create this 360-degree visualization. They used the Discover supercomputer at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation.
“If you have the choice, you want to fall into a supermassive black hole. Stellar-mass black holes, which contain up to about 30 solar masses, possess much smaller event horizons and stronger tidal forces, which can rip apart approaching objects before they get to the horizon,” Schnittman explained.
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