A slow zoom-out begins with our Sun, then extends far beyond the size of the solar system, showing representations of various supermassive black holes at progressively larger sizes.

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1. Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 18:32:52 JST Wonder of Science

   The astonishing scale of supermassive black holes, with masses ranging from 100,000 to over 60 billion times our Sun's. This visualization compares the sizes of black hole shadows to solar system objects, featuring giants like Sagittarius A* in the Milky Way and the colossal TON 618.

   Animation credit: NASA Goddard
   Source and further details: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14335