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Event Horizon

The boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape. It marks the point of no return for matter falling into the black hole.

Source: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

APODs including "Event Horizon"

The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes

06/05/2025

Virgo Cluster Galaxies

Virgo Cluster Galaxies

17/04/2025

Messier 87

Messier 87

20/02/2025

Simulation: Two Black Holes Merge

10/05/2024

The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole

The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole

09/05/2024

Visualization: A Black Hole Accretion Disk

08/05/2024

Swirling Magnetic Field around Our Galaxy's Central Black Hole

Swirling Magnetic Field around Our Galaxy's Central Black Hole

01/04/2024

Virgo Cluster Galaxies

Virgo Cluster Galaxies

26/05/2023

The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole

The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole

04/05/2023

Centaurus A: A Peculiar Island of Stars

Centaurus A: A Peculiar Island of Stars

03/05/2023

The Milky Way's Black Hole

The Milky Way's Black Hole

13/05/2022

First Horizon-Scale Image of a Black Hole

First Horizon-Scale Image of a Black Hole

01/05/2022