Find the halo.
Can you find the angle where the disk becomes a glowing circle? Turn off the labels, then explore the view.
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LIVE LIGHT-BENDING MODEL4 MILLION SOLAR MASSES
✳ COME A LITTLE CLOSER
The edge of
everything.
A place where light bends,
time slows, and curiosity takes over.
VIEWING ANGLE13°above the disk
DISTANCE FROM CENTRE348 million km29 horizon radii · 19 light-minutes
SIX STOPS. ONE BIG IDEA.
Let curiosity pull you in.
THERE’S ALWAYS MORE OUT THERE
A few things to take home.
CHECK YOUR COSMIC INSTINCTS01 / 03
BIG WORDS, SMALL EXPLANATIONS
A pocket dictionary
for the universe.
No science word left behind.