Supermassive black hole destroying star, illustration. Located at the centre of a galaxy, this supermassive black hole is shown destroying and absorbi

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Supermassive black hole destroying star, illustration. Located at the centre of a galaxy, this supermassive black hole is shown destroying and absorbing a star. The resulting cloud of stellar material forms an accretion disc around the black hole. The black hole also produces a relativistic jet. This type of evnt is referred to as a tidal disruption event (TDE). Image published in 2018.

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