A torn-up star is revealing the intensity of a supermassive black hole’s grip

A recent discovery has unveiled the death scene of a large star, three times the mass of the Sun, being torn apart by the menacing gravitational forces of a supermassive black hole. An event like this is called a tidal disruption event (TDE). But this particular case, called ASASSN–14li, is unique for a multitude ofContinue reading “A torn-up star is revealing the intensity of a supermassive black hole’s grip”
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