Kerr Descent
Stage 0 of 8
Earth
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Stage 0 of 8
Earth
Scale ghost
This view needs WebGL2
Your browser did not provide it, so the sky below is a simplified sketch. The guide still works.
An interactive journey
Fall from Earth’s night sky into a spinning black hole, one stop at a time, and watch what its gravity does to light on the way.
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Kerr Descent
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Your graphics card is compiling the shader, the program that bends light around the hole. The first visit takes a few seconds, and later visits are quicker.