Images of star distorting into black hole captured
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Results at border of known and unknown, Star shredding occur few times in 100,000 years, researchers
(Web Desk) - The last moments of a star as it is rapidly torn apart and distorted into a doughnut shape Such star shredding occur just a few times per 100,000 years, by a black hole have been caught by astronomers.
The researchers who made the discovery claimed it was teaching them a lot about black holes and that the results were "exactly at the border of the known and the unknown." Because black holes are so dense even light cannot escape their gravitational attraction.
Nearly 300 million light-years away astronomers using NASA s Hubble Space Telescope discovered the star being devoured by a black hole. Over a period of days or months the state of the doomed star is changing.
In most galaxies, this kind of star shredding is thought to occur just a few times per 100,000 years.
