Supermassive Black Hole devouring a Sun-like star

This computer simulation shows a star being shredded by the gravity of a massive black hole. Some of the stellar debris falls into the black hole and some of it is ejected into space at high speeds. The areas in white are regions of highest density, with progressively redder colors corresponding to lower-density regions. The blue dot pinpoints the black hole's location. The elapsed time corresponds to the amount of time it takes for a Sun-like star to be ripped apart by a black hole a million times more massive than the Sun.

Video credit: NASA, S. Gezari (The Johns Hopkins University), and J. Guillochon (University of California, Santa Cruz)

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[TheRaduki]

NASA called - they want their computer back

[XynojnX]

Whoa... thats crazy...

[xxxxdarksidexxxx]

can NASA come out with the chemical trail grid maps yet? hehe