Fall Into a Black Hole (Interactive)
We recently posted Vsauce video of what it would be like to travel inside a black hole, but things are always more fun when they’re interactive.
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), eduweb and NASA teamed together to develop “Black Holes: Gravity’s Relentless Pull.” While a little dated, it’s still a cool way to learn more about black holes and see what they’re like “up close.”
The website’s description of the program:
Black holes are places where ordinary gravity has become so extreme that it overwhelms all other forces in the Universe. Once inside, nothing can escape a black hole's gravity — not even light.
Yet we know that black holes exist. We know how they are born, where they occur, and why they exist in different sizes. We even know what would happen if you fell into one. Our discoveries have revealed one of the strangest objects in the Universe, and there's still much we don't know.
The nearest black hole is many light-years away, so we don't have to worry about threats to the Earth. This is as close as you'll ever get to one. So come explore!
For a fully interactive multimedia experience, click Journey to a Black Hole (fast internet connection recommended). For an in-depth study of black holes that presents the site's contents conveniently sorted by topic, click Black Hole Encyclopedia.
(Note: It does require both Flash and Java, so be sure to download those and have them applied to the site settings when you try and play.)
