The Ultimate Fate of a Star Shredded by a Black Hole: Spaghettified at 22 Million Miles per Hour - SciTechDaily

Much of star’s mass in 2019 tidal disruption ended up in symmetrical cloud that hid black hole. In 2019, astronomers observed the closest example to date of a star that was shredded, or “spaghettified,” after approaching too close to a massive black hole. Tha…

ByUniversity of California - BerkeleyJuly 13, 2022 This animation depicts a star experiencing spaghettification as its sucked in by a supermassive black hole during a tidal disruption event. In a ne… [+9639 chars]

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