Star shedding stellar debris as it orbits a supermassive black hole (IMAGE)

Syracuse University

Star shedding stellar debris as it orbits a supermassive black hole

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Digital illustration of a star shedding stellar debris as it orbits a supermassive black hole. This artist’s impression represents the center of a galaxy about 860 million light-years from Earth.

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NASA/CXC/M.Weiss

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