It's 'Black Hole Friday'! Take a Break from Shopping to Celebrate with NASA (Video)

It's 'Black Hole Friday'! Take a Break from Shopping to Celebrate with NASA (Video)
By Mike Wall 5 hours ago Science & Astronomy

Get away from the consumer frenzy by pondering the mysteries of the universe.

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NASA is trying to rebrand the spend-happy day after Thanksgiving, inspiring us to appreciate the wonders of the universe by contemplating its most extreme objects: black holes.

As part of this effort, the agency released a new video today (Nov. 29) called "5 Things: Black Holes" that lays out the basics of these light-gobbling behemoths.

"If you're not shopping, or on a break between stores, let yourself get sucked in to all this great material we have on black holes," NASA officials wrote in a statement on the agency's homepage today (Nov. 29). "See you on the other side of the event horizon."



NASA transformed its homepage into black hole central for Black Hole Friday 2019. (Image credit: NASA)

The event horizon is a black hole's famous "point of no return" beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape.

NASA transformed its homepage into black hole central for Black Hole Friday 2019. (Image credit: NASA)
The event horizon is a black hole's famous "point of no return" beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape.

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