Undetected black hole reveals itself by violently shredding a star that got too close
This animation depicts a star undergoing spaghettification as it is sucked into a black hole during a “tidal disturbance event”. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Scientists hope to improve their understanding of the growth of supermassive black holes in massive galaxies by studying intermediate-mass black holes. After hovering undetected in a dwarf galaxy, an intermediate-mass galaxy black …
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