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June 15, 2018

An enormous black hole was captured ripping a star to shreds

A supermassive black hole devoured a star over the course of 10 years and left the crumbs for scientists to discover.

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An enormous black hole was captured ripping a star to shreds

ABC Science

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Jun 15, 2018

This is what a black hole ripping apart a star looks like. For the first time, astronomers captured images of a jet of radio waves blasted into space when a star was destroyed by a supermassive black hole over the course of 10yrs. Read more: ab.co/2ycCEBB

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Astronomers spotted a giant black hole in a nearby galaxy rip apart an unfortunate wayward star and spread half of it into a messy blaze of light and heat swirling toward doom nyti.ms/2t070SP

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SPACE.com

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Jun 14, 2018

A dust-enshrouded, giant black hole ripping apart a star blasted out a superfast jet of particles that packed about 125 billion times the amount of energy the sun releases per year, a new study finds. j.mp/2sXrewJ

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University College Dublin

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Jun 15, 2018

⚫️🍽⭐️ Dr Morgan Fraser was among an international team who witnessed the dramatic moment a supermassive black hole devoured a wayward star. The stellar death gives us fresh insight into what happens during a phenomenon known as a tidal disruption event (TDE).

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University College Dublin

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Jun 15, 2018

⚫️🍽⭐️ Using radio and infrared telescopes, the team witnessed the formation and expansion of a fast-moving jet of material ejecting from the cosmic monster, as its powerful gravity ripped apart its passing neighbour.