Intermediate-Mass Black Hole with Torn-Apart Star (Artist's Impression) (IMAGE)

ESA/Hubble Information Centre

Intermediate-Mass Black Hole with Torn-Apart Star (Artist's Impression)

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This artist's impression depicts a star being torn apart by an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH), surrounded by an accretion disc. This thin, rotating disc of material consists of the leftovers of a star which was ripped apart by the tidal forces of the black hole.

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ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

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