Undetected black hole shreds apart star in dwarf galaxy
The shredding of the star, known as a “tidal disruption event” or TDE, produced a flare of radiation that briefly outshone the combined stellar light of the host dwarf galaxy.
This artist's concept released October 30, 2017 shows a black hole with an accretion disk - a flat structure of material orbiting the black hole - and a jet of hot gas, called plasma.(photo credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated:
