Why do Black Holes look the way they do? #shorts

You can't see black holes, only their accretion disk. But, because of the black hole, weird optics happen to the light coming from the accretion disk.

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[theguywhodoes]

The animation of going around was the cherry on top.

[Turnip]

I like the complete loop at the end. Well done.

[localverse]

Best explanation in one minute for the odd appearance of black hole images!

[Everettalla]

But what’s crazy is that this is what it looks like from millions of lightyears away! If we ever see a good quality image of a black hole, what we see will be the black hole more than 100, 000 years ago.

[js]

The loop at the end!! ❤❤❤ looks like a klein bottle!!

[georgegray]

AWESOME video!! Great explanation thanks mate!!!

[youssubernfissi]

Great stuff as always, but I would prefer if we say "why we think they look like this" since giving the impression to people that we are always sure about things in science turns back at us when we discover that the truth is something else or find a better explanation

[GeometryDasherGionic]

As a black hole, I can confirm our physics has optics

[jdotoz]

Have we seen a black hole from an axial view yet?

[EveyoneCallsMeTheDude]

Do they look the same from every angle or is it just a cool angle to look at them at.

[dudono]

Why is it an accretion disc and not an accretion ball ?

[Phoenixspin]

Flying around a Black Hole--oh wait... I seem to be falling in...HELP

[Mysoi]

I believe that depicting the accretion disk of the black hole with a bluish-white hue would add a greater sense of realism, as it closely resembles its appearance to the human eye.

[charlescowan]

How strong does gravity have to be to bend light? Saturn has a good amount of gravity, but not enough to distort the image.

[nfineon]

"Why do black holes look like this?'
They don't, our animations are based on our not yet complete understanding of singularities but it's never been imaged properly (data matching pixels in a simulation to your models also isn't a real image). Do you know what every single black hole looks like that we observe in our own galaxy? Nothing, empty space, dark holes would be a better term, and we have not once yet observed an acretion disk, we can only infer the existence of a black hole due to the gravitational effects it has on other bodies.

[saswatsarangi]

But if you behind it, would it not be distorting light from other side or nearby regions. Same for front side

[samnetmon]

Interstellar would have gotten 10, with this explanation.

[samyakmarathe]

But isn't light supposed to entering the black hole from all directions, like 3d so that we see the black hole covered with light from all directions.

[RobiFilth]

Shouldnt there be those disks on all directions?

[ManyHeavens]

if you increase the energy to the brain you increase memory,
speeds up Brain or slows it Down
still don't believe me .thats only 10% you got a long way to go.faster than Light