A black hole over the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, seen by Webb: the ridge and the sky above it wrap into a ring round its shadow.

Lab · Maquette 06

Lensing

A black hole over a picture. Light that passes close to it bends by the exact amount for how close it comes, and what is behind it wraps round into a ring. Drag it or throw it; pinch it, or scroll on it, for more mass.

Mass0.80

Released
2 November 2026
Lens
From the Horisont case
Tech
WebGL2, GLSL, getUserMedia
Photo
The Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, Webb (NIRCam). NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, CC BY 4.0
Code
Open source, MIT ↗︎

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