This rendering depicts a star being torn apart by the immense tidal forces of a massive black hole. Much of the stellar debris is sucked into the singularity while some matter is flung outwards at very high speeds.
This animation was based off a real event (ASASSN-14li) observed by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, Swift Gamma-ray Burst Explorer, and ESA/NASA’s XMM-Newton in November 2014.
Source: https://youtu.be/hu6hIhW00Fk (NASA Goddard)
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