Black Hole Devouring a Star (IMAGE)
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A star in the midst of being disrupted by a supermassive black hole. As the star wanders past the super massive black hole, the tidal field of the black hole rips apart the star. Half of the star is flung away to infinity and the other half falls back to the black hole. The picture shows the result of the simulation carried out by Steinberg and Stone, showing the density of the infalling half (green-blue color) as well as the heat that is generated by the shocks (white-red).
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Elad Steinberg
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