@ScienceClicEN

As a bonus to the previous video (watch it here for more details: https://youtu.be/4rTv9wvvat8), I wanted to share with you this immersive 360° experience.

WARNING: This video shows the fall from a certain distance (~15 times the black hole's radius) all the way down to the singularity. If it looks like we never enter the black hole, this is because of the phenomenon of light aberration, which is explained in the previous video (https://youtu.be/4rTv9wvvat8?t=643 at 10:43). The idea that we would see the sky as a small circle above us is wrong, it is a common misconception that forgets to take into account aberration (basically this mistake comes from calculating angles in the abstract coordinate system instead of doing them in the observer's frame of reference)

The images are based on simulations in Python/C++ and enhanced with volumetrics in Blender, and the music (which you can find here : http://soundcloud.com/aroussel) is composed in Cubase. The fall is almost in real time for a 100k solar masses black hole. The last few seconds are slowed down to see how the black hole's image grows more clearly. It would otherwise take only a few milliseconds.

@amazingfireboy1848

Thank you to the camera man for sacrificing himself for this wonderful video!

@mjc429

Feels terrifying falling into an abyss even from my phone.

@vortex_master

Woah. The feeling of dread as the stars begin to stretch and the light around you seemingly fades out of existence is an awesome experience.

@innosar1142

It's pretty terrifying once you get so close to the black hole. That feeling of isolation, lost, and fear. Damn.. quite unfortunate that we may never know what they really hold inside.

@kl9043

"falling into a realistic black hole"
>looks down
>copyright watermark floating in space immune to the black hole

@PapaFlammy69

The music and visuals together... holy frick, great job on this one!

@JBeezyForever

Now imagine this except you’re being spun around at up to 80% of the speed of light, literally being atomized from the friction. But that’s not nearly as cool looking. Great work!

@user8785

The music really just adds on to the experience

@laaaliiiluuu

I was like "Hey, there is still a star in that black hole, how can that be?" I then realized my monitor has a dead pixel.

@noeloikeau

I'm a physicist, and previously did numerical relativity simulations at the gravitational astrophysics department at NASA Goddard. I just want to say thank you for the public service you've done with this video, and the care you've taken to capture the essential physics. After a few seconds of watching, I smiled and thought "this guy knows his stuff". The VR in particular makes this both science education and a work of art, like a digital monument.

@nickgadsen4029

Thanks. That was terrifying. Was really looking forward to the inversion on the other side of the event horizon. Good to know that at the center of every black hole is a credits screen.

@Djbushido1

I absolutely love astronomy, so this was such a nice experience to see and hear the visuals, would love more like this diving into planets

@TheWojtek619

I have never seen such extraordinary simulation - honestly I was amazed and scared at the same time. I will drop by to this black hole many more times - hats off!

@PijonMan

I could feel fear in my stomach with every second of getting closer to the event horizon.

@TheCheezMann

Black holes are simultaneously one of the most amazing and utterly terrifying things in our known universe. Nothing compares to the indescribable combination of wonder and sheer existential dread I feel at the thought of "falling" into a black hole like this, even through a flat screen. I have been studying black holes since I was about 6 years old, and they have mesmerized and horrified me ever since.

@vascobroma8907

I fell asleep in the dark watching YouTube TV on autoplay and just woke up to this sight. Holy shit.

@PabloVasquesBravoVillalba

This is amazing. I actually felt increasingly anxious towards the end of the video. Now I'm seeing it takes a bit more time to recover from that. I need an unicorn chaser.

@RayMak

This is too beautiful!! Even light couldn't pass through

@zoeytrent115

i genuinely felt so much fear. i hate black holes yet i love them, they are absolutely one of my fears, but i am just so fascinated by them that i can't help but to like them at the same time

it drives me INSANE