A black hole, up close

Blackhole Explorer

Fly around a real black hole in first person and watch it bend the starlight behind it.

WASDmove

Spaceup

Ctrldown

Shiftboost

Mouselook

Paused

Take a breath

Your mouse is your own again. Pick up where you left off whenever you like.

Changes take effect straight away and are remembered on this device.

Picture quality

How carefully each beam of light is followed. Higher looks better and runs slower.

Flying speed

How fast you move. Measured in black-hole widths every second.

Look sensitivity

How far the view turns when you move the mouse or drag.

Invert looking up and down

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