Star Rips Apart (IMAGE)

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Star Rips Apart

Caption

A hydrodynamical simulation of a star being ripped apart by the tidal forces of a supermassive black hole.

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Credit: NASA/ S. Gezari (JHU)/ J. Guillochon (UCSC)

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