Tidal disruption event (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Tidal disruption event

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An artist’s impression of a tidal disruption event, in which a star is spaghettified and the remains form an accretion disk around the black hole. Typically, about half the star’s mass is drawn into the black hole, growing its mass.

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NASA, ESA, STScI, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

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