Black Hole Devours Star – 139 Days of Stellar Devastation | Video
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 14:00
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have seen evidence that a supermassive black hole 2.7 billion light years away has shredded a star. In this visualization, some of the murdered star's debris falls into the void, but some is spun up and shot out at high velocities.