Scientists have used a sophisticated simulation to reconstruct the brutal death of a star that wandered too close to a supermassive black hole and was shredded to bits. The team, led by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Racah Institute of Physics, retold the entire story of this so-called tidal disruption event (TDE) for the first time and saw an unknown type of shock wave occur during the gory
A SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTS A VIOLENT CLASH AS A MONSTER BLACK HOLE SPAGHETTIFIES A STAR
Feb 22, 2024
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