Word Of The Day

Photon sphere:

Black holes can have a feature called a photon sphere, where gravity’s pull is so strong that light orbits the black hole. So if you aim a light just outside the photon sphere you could, in theory, see that light come around the other side of the black hole. [“James Webb Space Telescope pictures: Your questions answered,” Leah Crane, NewScientist (23 July 2022)]

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