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    Hubble finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting captured Star into Donut Shape

    January 17, 2023, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    This sequence of artist’s illustrations shows how a black hole can devour a bypassing star. 1. A normal star passes near a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy. 2. The star’s outer gasses are pulled into the black hole’s gravitational field. 3. The star is shredded as tidal forces pull it apart. 4. The stellar remnants are pulled into a donut-shaped ring around the black hole, and will eventually fall into the black hole, unleashing a tremendous amount of light and high-energy radiation.
    Credits: NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI)

    Black holes are gatherers, not hunters. They lie in wait until a hapless star wanders by...

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