Black Hole Destroying Star is a photograph by Mark Garlick/science Photo Library which was uploaded on November 15th, 2019.
Black Hole Destroying Star
Black hole destroying star, illustration. A black hole is an object so compact (usually a collapsed star) that nothing can escape its gravitational... more
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Black Hole Destroying Star
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Mark Garlick/science Photo Library
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Black hole destroying star, illustration. A black hole is an object so compact (usually a collapsed star) that nothing can escape its gravitational pull. Not even light. In this image, we can see a black hole, but only because it is surrounded by a superheated disc of material, an accretion disc. The massive gravity is also pulling in and tidally disrupting a nearby star. Such events are believed to be occurring close to the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, called Sagittarius A*.
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November 15th, 2019
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