Skip to main content

mastodon - Link to source

News from #AAS241!

Hubble recorded a star's final moments as it was ripped apart and eaten up by a black hole – getting twisted into a donut-like shape in the process.

Find out more: go.nasa.gov/3W8wBDY
#Hubble

Hubble Finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting Captured Star Into Donut Shape

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have recorded a star's final moments in detail as it gets gobbled up by a black hole.
Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
#hubble #aas241
in reply to NASA

Mayor of Nerdocrumbesia 🏡
mastodon - Link to source
Mayor of Nerdocrumbesia 🏡
• •
That is not a recorded event - that is an "animation". The original video states that in the upper-left corner.
youtube.com/watch?v=Q6gYWFgal8…

Hubble Finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting Captured Star Into Donut Shape

Black holes are gatherers, not hunters. They lie in wait until a hapless star wanders by. When the star gets close enough, the black hole's gravitational gra...
YouTube
in reply to NASA

R47HK3 is my name
mastodon - Link to source
R47HK3 is my name
• •
Guessing it didn't go well for any planets orbiting that sun.

Lo, thar be cookies on this site to keep track of your login. By clicking 'okay', you are CONSENTING to this.

⇧