Astronomers Observe Star Being ‘Spaghettified’ by a Supermassive Black Hole
Artist’s impression of a star undergoing spaghettification near a supermassive black hole. Image: ESO A star 215 million light-years away has been obliterated by a supermassive black hole, making it…
Astronomers witness star being “turned into spaghetti” by black hole
Researchers found that when a star is “spaghettified” a blast of material is launched outwards (ESO) Astronomers have witnessed the final moments of a star being devoured by a supermassive…
Scientists Watch a Black Hole Eat a Star
Astronomers have witnessed a tidal disruption event, where a star whose material was shredded by a nearby supermassive black hole releases an bright flash of light. The TDE is helping…
Astronomers see a black hole ‘spaghettify’ a star in real time
Artist’s impression of star being tidally disrupted by a supermassive black hole. ESO/M. Kornmesser It’s one of those astounding events that sounds like science fiction, but is just plain…
Astronomers capture a black hole shredding star into spaghetti strands
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory observed a black hole sucking in a faraway star, shredding it into thin strands of stellar material. This process, known as “spaghettification,” happens because…
Scientists record last moments of star devoured by black hole — ScienceDaily
A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by a supermassive black hole, has been spotted by scientists using telescopes from around the world.…
ESO telescopes record last moments of star devoured by a black hole — ScienceDaily
Using telescopes from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other organisations around the world, astronomers have spotted a rare blast of light from a star being ripped apart by a…
Black hole kills star by ‘spaghettification’ as telescopes watch
Telescopes have captured the rare light flash from a dying star as it was ripped apart by a supermassive black hole. This rarely seen “tidal disruption event” — which creates…
We Watched As A Nearby Star Was Sucked In And ‘Spaghettified’ By A Monster Black Hole, Say Scientists
This illustration depicts a star (in the foreground) experiencing spaghettification as it’s sucked … [+] in by a supermassive black hole (in the background) during a ‘tidal disruption event’. In…
3 Scientists Win Nobel Physics Prize for Black Hole Research | Science News
By DAVID KEYTON, SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for establishing the all-too-weird reality of black holes…