r/spaceporn • u/npjprods • Jan 16 '22

The first simulated image of a black hole, calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978 Pro/Processed

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u/wonkey_monkey Jan 16 '22

It doesn't. It "curves" it, that's all.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

Okay... But why?

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u/wonkey_monkey Jan 17 '22

It's just how the universe works. The presence of any energy deforms spacetime and we may never find a deeper "why."