What would it be like to fall into a black hole, the densest object in the universe? A NASA astrophysicist and his trusty supercomputer have provided a stunning answer and even a way to experience it – minus the crushing gravitational forces and certain death that would accompany such a trip.

The videos, which have been uploaded to YouTube in both a flat-screen and 360-degree virtual reality versions, let viewers experience the mind bending (and light bending) visions of either flying around a black hole or, for the more adventurous, plunging directly into one. It is, in a word, trippy.