This undated artist’s impression illustrates how it might look when a star approaches too close to a black hole, where the star is squeezed by the intense gravitational pull of the black hole.ESO/M.Kornmesser/ReutersAstronomers have detected an act of extreme violence more than halfway across the known universe as a black hole shreds a star that wandered too close to this celestial savage. But this was no ordinary instance of a ravenous black hole. (See animation of tidal disruption event)“Then, pieces of the star are captured into a swiftly spinning disk orbiting the black hole. Finally, the black hole consumes what remains of the doomed star in the disk. The supermassive black hole is believed to reside at the center of a galaxy - much as the Milky Way and most galaxies have one of these at their core.

Source: The Star December 01, 2022 08:01 UTC