Who knew that you can make a black hole out of coffee, sugar, and cinnamon?

Planet, moon, and stars

"The images are made by placing the objects on an Epson photo scanner and then making a scan with the lid open. The planets and moons are made by scanning the bottoms of glasses containing the liquids. The liquids naturally create the shapes and swirls that you see in the images when they mix. The stars and other points of light are made by sprinkling spices and the other ingredients around the scanner glass," Navid Baraty told BuzzFeed over email.

Planet: bottom of a glass containing half and half, water, food coloring.

Moons: bottom of a glass containing coconut milk, water, food coloring.

Stars: salt, cinnamon, baking powder, Tums.

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Nebula with gas streams

"I've had a fascination with space ever since I was a kid camping in the backyard and looking at the stars through my childhood telescope," he said.

Ingredients: cat fur, garlic powder, salt, flour, cumin, turmeric.

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Planet and stars

"When I see the cosmos through photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and other spacecraft, I’m often left without words," he said.

Planet: bottom of a glass containing half and half, water, food coloring.

Stars: salt, cinnamon, baking powder.

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