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Artist’s impression of supermassive black hole with torn-apart star (in Spanish)

This artist’s impression depicts a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole surrounded by an accretion disc. This thin disc of rotating material consists of the leftovers of a Sun-like star which was ripped apart by the tidal forces of the black hole. Shocks in the colliding debris as well as heat generated in accretion led to a burst of light, resembling a supernova explosion.

Crediti:

ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

A proposito dell'immagine

Identificazione:black-holes-infographic-v2-spanish
Tipo:Illustrazione
Data di pubblicazione:Lunedì 17 Aprile 2017 16:01
Dimensione:4992 x 3535 px

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Tipo:Unspecified : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Black Hole
Categoria:Illustrations

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