NASA image release May 2, 2012
This computer-simulated image shows gas from a tidally shredded star falling into a black hole. Some of the gas also is being ejected at high speeds into space. Astronomers observed a flare in ultraviolet and optical light from the gas falling into the black hole and glowing helium from the stars's helium-rich gas expelled from the system.
Credit: NASA; S. Gezari, The Johns Hopkins University; and J. Guillochon, University of California, Santa Cruz
To read more go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/star-shredding....
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TheShotLessTaken 13 months ago | reply
This is a simulation, but astronomers did see this in ultraviolet light actually play out over those 138 days, right? So this is a simulation in regards to the colors added and the time being sped up.
maxxximpact 13 months ago | reply
Violent events made beautifully palatable !!
love maxxxi
CreativeAcademy1 13 months ago | reply
Yeah. I want to see what the astronomers actually saw, not a computer simulation.
JeromeG111 13 months ago | reply
Awesome display