Why do black holes have rings around them, rather than spheres?

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I get the explanation that they have gravity and things are attracted, but why is it in a ring rather than a sphere? why do things from one AXIS get attracted but not from other?

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It’s complicated. But Veritasium did a really good video a couple days ago explaining it: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1bSDnuIPbo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1bSDnuIPbo)

I won’t attempt to explain it fully since I’m sure I’ll screw it up, but basically it has to do with the way the black hole captures the light and how some light escapes in the direction you’re looking.

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