Scientists Catch Black Hole Swallowing Star And Burping A Bit Of It Back Out Techworm
The scientists have tracked a star about as big as our sun as it pulled from its normal path and into that of a supermassive black hole before being eaten up. Then they saw a high-speed flare get thrust out, escaping from the rim of the black hole. In addition to catching evidence of the star’s destruction – an inevitable death caused by the massive, inescapable gravitational pull of a dense supermassive black hole – the scientists saw a hot flare of matter escape from the scene of the crime....