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Astronomers Observe Star Being ‘Spaghettified’ by a Supermassive Black Hole – Gizmodo Australia
A star 215 million light-years away has been obliterated by a supermassive black hole, making it the closest observation to date of stellar spaghettification. S…
A star 215 million light-years away has been obliterated by a supermassive black hole, making it the closest observation to date of stellar spaghettification.
Spaghettification doesnt sound very scientific, but its a fairly accurate description of what actually happens.
A doomed star caught in the orbit of a supermassive black hole will eventually hit a kind of gravitational sweet spot that turns everything to shit. No longer capable of keeping its physical integrity, the star begins to rapidl…
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