Watch a star get destroyed by a supermassive black hole in the first simulation of its kind
- Written by Daniel Price, Professor of Astrophysics, Monash University
Price et al. (2024)Giant black holes in the centres of galaxies like our own Milky Way are known to occasionally munch on nearby stars.
This leads to a dramatic and complex process as the star plunging towards the supermassive black hole is spaghettified and torn to shreds. The resulting fireworks are known as a tidal disruption event.
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