Black hole mystery SOLVED: Simulation reveals how voids generate light

"Astrophysicists have created terrifying simulations that reveal how black holes naturally create dazzling displays detected from billions of light-years away. In the stunning imagery, the black holes appear in the centre as a dark, blank space - simply because no light can be reflected from them. But blossoming around these 'destructive monsters' are colourful, vibrant patterns of richly-textured purple, pink and orange."

"These amazing light shows are generated by material emitting energy as it falls into the black hole, whether it's gas, dust or matter. The experts at Simons Foundation in New York managed to observe these unforgiving regions of space using light spectrum data fed to powerful computers. 'The colour represents how dense the gas is,' study author Lizhong Zhang told the Daily Mail. 'The more bright the colour, the more dense the gas around the black hole.'"

"Black holes are intense sources of gravity that hoover up surrounding dust and gas, as well as planets and even other black holes. If a human fell into one of these cosmic monsters, the forces of gravity would be so strong that they would undergo 'spagettification'. Due to their intense gravitational pull, black holes draw material such as gas, plasma and dust into a swirling, orbiting bright orange disc called an 'accretion disk'."

Astrophysicists produced simulations showing black holes as central dark voids surrounded by colorful, textured light patterns caused by infalling material. Gas, dust, and plasma emit energy while spiraling into the black hole, producing bright accretion disks that serve as primary light sources detectable across billions of light-years. Color maps in the simulations represent gas density, with brighter colours indicating denser regions. Researchers at the Simons Foundation used light-spectrum data and powerful supercomputers to model these regions. Supermassive black holes can be imaged at high resolution and influence galaxy evolution over years to centuries. Stellar black holes appear as pinpoints and require different modeling approaches.

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