This new, immersive visualisation produced on a NASA supercomputer represents a scenario where a camera — a stand-in for a daring astronaut — enters the event horizon, sealing its fate.
Using just gravity, black holes can rip entire planets apart, but how powerful they are depends on how much mass they contain.
Scientists have uncovered evidence of a black hole at the centre of our galaxy. They’ve also managed snap a pic of it using the Very Large Telescope.