00:00NASA has used a supercomputer to create a visualization that takes you beyond the event horizon.
00:06This project was a massive undertaking, generating 10 terabytes of data.
00:11While it took just 5 days using 0.3% of the supercomputer's processors,
00:17the same task would take a standard laptop over 10 years.
00:21The destination is a supermassive black hole with 4.3 million times the mass of our sun.
00:28As you approach, light from the surrounding accretion disk and distant stars begins to warp and duplicate.
00:36Due to intense gravity, time would slow down compared to an observer far away.
00:42By the end of a flyby, your clock would lag behind theirs by 36 minutes.
00:47When you enter the event horizon, spacetime warps so severely
00:51that the entire sky appears to shrink as you rush toward the singularity.
00:57Within seconds of crossing the brink, tidal forces would begin spaghettification,
01:02pulling you apart before you reach the center.
01:04That's why.
Comments