What Would A Black Hole Look Like?

Why would we ever see black? It's surrounded by energetic interactions with the stuff around it. Wouldn't we always see a glowing orb like a star?

I never thought about photons orbiting before. Interesting. "Spaghettification" should be worked into everyone's every day vocabulary.

Fraser, can you please use the term "spaghettification" in your next blackhole video? Thanks in advance.

That is too cool that we can actually see a blackhole! Looking forward to images of an event horizon.