May 7, 2024, 03:54 PM IST
While approaching the black hole from 400 million miles away, viewers see dramatic distortions in space-time. Background stars appear warped.
One, when you nearly miss falling into the black hole by approaching the horizon. Two, when you cross over the boundary.
Time dilates. That is, to a faraway observer, it appears time has slowed down. When astronaut returns to the mothership, they emerge younger than they were before they left for the voyage around the black hole.
In this case, the body gets stretched and torn apart. This happens as the body approaches the black hole's core, and the object faces spaghettification, the effect of the black hole's strong gravitational force.