APOD 2.1

Black holes have been a topic of fascination ever since they were first discovered, as the concept of an object of infinite density just was simply astounding and almost impossible to comprehend. These days with such high level technology, we can see actual black holes in space, but even now that brings up only more questions and curiosity. In this picture there is a black hole which is simulated in a computer, and as one can see, it does weird things to its surrounding environment. Since it is infinitely dense light is actually pulled toward it which means everything we see around the black hole is warped and distorted. Some say that black holes are so strong that they are actually what holds galaxies together, that everything spins around giant black holes that inevitably are swallowing everything up. Crazy as it may be, even though we can technically simulate a black hole, everything about it is still just theory, and we may not know much about them at all for a long time.