A black hole tears down a star, leaving a long string of star material, which then wraps itself around the black hole. Credit: NASA /…
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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…
Two galaxies in the process of merging. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble When two galaxies merge, there are brief periods of stellar baby booms. A group of astronomers…