built a computer code based on the equations of Einstein's general theory of relativity, which describes gravity as a distortion of space and time.[Note: There are more details on what exactly is happening in the video in the article linked above.]
They follow the fate of an imaginary observer on an orbit that swoops down into a giant black hole weighing 5 million times the mass of the sun, about the same size as the hole in the centre of our galaxy.
Thanks to Mr. Jue over at the fledgling STEMpowerment blog for the article.
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