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Short animated video showing how black hole's strong gravity deflects otherwise straight paths of photons, ultimately forming a circular black hole shadow on the projection screen far away. The Theory of General Relativity predicts that the diameter of the shadow is about 2.6 times larger than the event horizon itself. Credits: Animation: Crazybridge Studios Scientific Advisory: Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Funding: US National Science Foundation