Black holes aren't quite what you think they are...
They aren't holes - and they aren't black. They are regions in space where the gravitational pull is SO strong, that not even light can escape.1
But what do they actually look like? Are they as simple as their name suggests? Not quite...
The first image of a supermassive black hole and its shadow was first captured in 2019 - and this in itself was a huge undertaking.2
In this episode of Your Cosmos 'What does a black hole look like?', British Astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst shows us this very image, and unravels the mystery surrounding these otherworldly phenomenon.
