Stars getting sucked into black hole

When these noodle-like strips get sucked into the black hole, they release a powerful bright flare of energy. In September of Astronomers have witnessed an extremely rare occurrence: the end of a star's life, as it's obliterated by a supermassive black hole. “When a black hole devours a star, it can launch a powerful blast of material outwards that obstructs our view,” said Samantha Oates at the.

Whilst some parts of the star are flung into the heavens, most of it is pulled into the circulation of the hole, forming a gaseous www.adultted Reading Time: 3 mins. The star is essentially being stretched out by the gravitational pull of the black hole, turning it into a thin band of star matter flowing directly into the black hole. What happens when a star is sucked into a black hole? When a black hole swallows a star, it rips it to shreds.

What happens to a star when it gets sucked into a black hole? The phenomenon, known as a tidal disruption event, is caused when a star passes too close to a black hole and the extreme gravitational pull from the black hole shreds the star into thin streams of material – a process called ‘spaghettification’. "When the star is ripped apart by the gravitational forces of the black hole, some part of the star's remains falls into the black hole while the rest is ejected at high speeds," Gezari said. Whilst some parts of the star are flung into the heavens, most of it is pulled into the circulation of the hole, forming a gaseous disc.

Call it a Cosmic Scene Investigation: For the first time, scientists have identified a stellar victim of a giant black hole — an unlucky star whose death may ultimately provide more clues on the inner workings of the enigmatic gravitational monster that devoured it. Supermassive black holes are objects millions to billions times the sun's mass that lurk in the hearts of most galaxies. They lay quietly until victims, such as stars, wander close enough to get shredded apart by their extraordinarily powerful gravitational pull. Scientists first caught a black hole red-handed in a stellar murder last year. Now researchers have determined not only the culprit in a similar cosmic homicide but the casualty as well: a star rich in helium gas.