PC Gamer - UK (2021-12)

BELOW:OuterWilds

includesmatter-

emittingwhiteholes

• apurely
  hypothetical
  phenomenon.

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BalsaModelFlight

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windphysics.

FEATURE

ANATOMY

OFA

BLACK

HOLE

Guojun

Pan’sBlack

HoleSimulator

allows

ustoget

upclose

andpersonal

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THEHALO

Blackholes

distortlight coming

frombehind them,

producing

a banded

radiancesurrounding

animpermeable

circle–a

phenomenon known

asgravitational

lensing, which allows

astronomers to

detect objects that

don’tgive off light

themselves.

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THEEVENT

HORIZON

Atheoretical

boundary beyond

which gravity is so

strong that light

can’t escape. A ship

falling towards the

event horizon will

appear to slow down

rather than crossing

it, because events

within the horizon

can’t affect an

external observer.

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THE

SINGULARITY

Theultimate

oblivion, where

spacetime curves

beyond reckoning.

An infinitely dense,

infinitely small

region that is

simultaneously

predicted by and in

breach of our current

theories of gravity.

‘Where’ and ‘when’

are empty sounds.

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