Using telescopes from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), they were able to monitor light flaring from the process -- known as a tidal disruption event -- from a black hole just over 215 million light years from Earth. "But that's exactly what happens in a tidal disruption event." When a star strays too close to a supermassive black hole, it is subjected to the phenomenal strength of the black hole's gravity. "When these forces exceed the star's cohesive force, the star loses pieces that rush into the black hole," Stephane Basa, a researcher from the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory, told AFP. Basa said that around half of the star remained after the tidal disruption event.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 12, 2020 12:11 UTC