This is What it Looks Like When a Black Hole Snacks on a Star

Illustration of a black hole shredding a star in a tidal disruption event
Thursday, September 16, 2021

Analyzing observations of an X-ray flare and fitting the data with theoretical models, astronomers documented a fatal encounter between an unlucky star and a black hole.

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