NASA's Black Hole Simulations: Peering into the Distorted Reality of Space-Time

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Crossing event horizon results in spaghettification and being torn apart within seconds
NASA released immersive visualizations of falling into a black hole using supercomputers
Objects experience dramatic distortions as they fall towards a black hole
Orbiting close to the event horizon causes time to dilate from a distant perspective
Space-time becomes increasingly distorted closer to the horizon
Two simulations: one where object is slingshotted back out, another where it crosses event horizon
NASA's Black Hole Simulations: Peering into the Distorted Reality of Space-Time

In recent scientific advancements, NASA has released immersive visualizations of what it would be like to fall into a black hole. These simulations were produced on NASA's supercomputers and have generated significant interest in the scientific community and beyond.

According to reports, two different scenarios were simulated: one where a camera or astronaut just misses the event horizon and is slingshotted back out, and another where it crosses the boundary, sealing its fate. The simulations have generated about 10 terabytes of data each and took approximately 5 days to run on just 0.3% of Discover's processors.

As one approaches a black hole, space-time becomes increasingly distorted closer to the horizon. Images appear brighter and whiter when looking into the direction of travel. The event horizon is about 16 million miles wide for a supermassive black hole like the one at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

The simulations show that as an object falls towards a black hole, it experiences dramatic distortions in space-time. Stars and gas appear significantly warped, and light from these objects becomes brighter and brighter as the object gets closer to the event horizon. It takes about 3 hours for an observer to fall to the event horizon in real time, but from a distant perspective, it would never quite reach it.

If an object crosses the event horizon, it undergoes a process called spaghettification. The intense gravitational forces near the black hole pull on the object so strongly that it gets stretched and torn apart within seconds. This occurs as the object speeds towards the black hole's core, where there is a point of unimaginable density called the singularity.

However, if an object orbits close to the event horizon but does not cross it, time will start acting strangely. It will stretch or dilate. For an astronaut on the object, time ticks away as usual. But for observers far away, time appears to slow down significantly.

These simulations provide valuable insights into the behavior of black holes and their event horizons, shedding light on this fascinating and mysterious phenomenon in our universe.


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NASA's Stunning New Simulation Sends You Diving Into a Black Hole

ScienceAlert Michelle Starr Tuesday, 07 May 2024 07:17
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    • Astrophysicist Jeremy Schnittman of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center simulated two scenarios of falling into a black hole using a supercomputer.
    • Black holes have an event horizon, a boundary where the pull of gravity is so strong that not even light can escape.
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    The author makes several statements that are not fallacies but rather descriptions of the current state of scientific knowledge about black holes. However, there are a few instances where the author uses inflammatory rhetoric to describe the unknowable nature of black holes and what it would be like to fall into one. This is an appeal to emotion and does not constitute a formal logical fallacy but can be considered a weakness in the argument. The author also makes some statements that are not directly related to logical fallacies, such as describing the history of black hole research and recent discoveries.
    • ][The unknowable is like a flame to the moth of our curiosity, and black holes could well be the poster child for the unknowable.][/
    • If you have the choice, you want to fall into a supermassive black hole.
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New NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond the Brink - NASA Science

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Tuesday, 07 May 2024 17:09
  • Unique Points
    • A new visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer allows viewers to plunge into a black hole’s event horizon.
    • Jeremy Schnittman, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, created the visualizations using the Discover supercomputer.
    • The project generated about 10 terabytes of data and took about 5 days to run on just 0.3% of Discover’s processors.
    • As space-time becomes ever more distorted closer to the horizon, images appear brighter and whiter when looking into the direction of travel.
    • It takes about 3 hours for the camera to fall to the event horizon in real time, but from an observer’s perspective, it would never quite get there.
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    • ]A new visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer allows viewers to plunge into a black hole's event horizon.[
    • The destination is a supermassive black hole with approximately the same mass as the one at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
    • Once inside the event horizon, both space-time and objects rush toward the black hole’s center called a singularity where laws of physics cease to operate.
    • If an astronaut orbits close to the event horizon but never crosses over, they would return younger than their colleagues due to time dilation.
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NASA simulation shows what it's like to fly into black hole's "point of no return"

CBS News Site: https://www.cbsnews.com/articles/about-us/ Kerry Breen Tuesday, 07 May 2024 17:09
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    • NASA used a supercomputer to produce the visualization
    • The simulated black hole is 4.3 million times the mass of our sun and has an event horizon about 16 million miles wide
    • Viewers will see a large flat cloud of hot gas and glowing structures called photon rings in the simulation
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What Happens When You Fall Into A Black Hole? Check Out NASA's Simulation

NDTV News Tuesday, 07 May 2024 06:49
  • Unique Points
    • NASA created a simulation of a black hole using the Discover supercomputer.
    • Approaching the event horizon, stars and gas appear significantly warped.
  • Accuracy
    • It takes about 3 hours for the camera to reach the event horizon from a distance of 400 million miles.
    • If the camera crosses the event horizon, it will experience ‘spaghettification’ and be torn apart within seconds.
    • The simulation showed that anything venturing too close to a black hole gets pulled apart by the extremity of forces involved. The exact point depends on the mass of the black hole.
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NASA simulation shows what it would be like to fall into a black hole

Daily Mail Jonathan Chadwick Tuesday, 07 May 2024 13:19
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    • NASA released a new animation showing what it would be like to fall into a black hole
    • The animation was produced on NASA’s Discover supercomputer at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation in Greenbelt, Maryland
  • Accuracy
    • Black holes are regions of spacetime where gravity pulls so much that even light cannot get out
    • Black holes act as intense sources of gravity that hoover up surrounding dust and gas, planets and even other black holes
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    The article contains some minor instances of inflammatory rhetoric and appeals to authority, but no formal or informal fallacies were found. The author uses descriptive language to convey the potential danger and fear surrounding black holes, which can be considered inflammatory. However, these instances do not significantly impact the overall content of the article. The author also references NASA as an authority on black holes and their simulations.
    • ][author] describes black holes as 'destructive monsters' that 'tear apart stars' and 'hold light captive.'[[//], [
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