Let’s ignore for a moment that you would succumb to radiation long before you could even get close – the extreme gravity of a black hole bends time and space, leading to all sorts of weird relativistic effects. As you approach the point of no return from where nothing can ever escape, the so-called event horizon, your speed increases rapidly. Strangely, to an outside observer, it would seem that you’re slowing down and eventually freeze in time, never crossing the horizon. But from your vantage point, time around you speeds up and you see the future of the entire universe pass by in mere seconds. Mind-boggling, isn’t it?