Black Hole Destroys a Star| #shorts

When a star strays too close to a black hole, intense tides break it apart into a stream of gas. The tail of the stream escapes the system, while the rest of it swings back around, surrounding the black hole with a disk of debris. This video includes images of a tidal disruption event called ASASSN-19bt taken by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and Swift missions, as well as an animation showing how the event unfolded.


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Credits:

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. However, individual items should be credited as indicated above.

Animator
Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle)
Science writer
Jeanette Kazmierczak (University of Maryland College Park) [Lead]
Scientist
Thomas Holoien (Carnegie Observatories)
Producer
Scott Wiessinger (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Narrator
Barb Mattson (University of Maryland College Park)

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