A Trip to a Black Hole
Light bending, top-down the view from above the disk
swallowed orbit zone (photon ring) escaped, bent

Light rays race in from the left. Too close (red) and they fall in. A hair further, and they loop the hole before escaping. The dashed circle is where light itself can orbit — the photon sphere.

Bend the universe

0 = calm · 0.95 = whirlpool
cool ember → blue-hot, like real fire colours
or just scroll / pinch on the view

What you’re seeing

Viewing angle
Your distance
Inner disk speed
Shadow size
Your clock
home time
vs
your time

Our exhibit hole weighs 10 Suns — its point of no return is only ~30 km wide. Fly closer and your amber clock falls behind home time.

The Fun Room

You’ve met the black hole. Now wow your friends.

Six facts to drop at dinner

Try this: four challenges

The exhibit is watching — finish each feat and it checks itself off.

The Spaghettifier

What gravity’s pull-difference would do to a brave 1.7-metre astronaut near our 10-Sun hole. Drag the probe in. We can rebuild them. Probably.

The black hole quiz

Five questions. No grades, no pressure — just glory.

The gentle glossary

How real is this?

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