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The stars are just old lights, I can see them falling down
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Aspiring author, reluctant world traveller, and very lazy analyst. I support the law. Someone has to. It won't support itself. Don't make me analyse; you will not be able to stop me.
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Don't worry, this was a bad star and is getting its comeuppance.

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A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star - Photo - HD Photo - About Astronomy Picture Of the Day #astrophotos Maintained by @shinyakato.dev 🔭 READ MORE 🔭

What happens to a star that goes near a black hole? If the star directly impacts a massive black hole, then the star falls in completely -- and everything vanishes. More likely, though, the star goes close enough to have the black hole's gravity pull away its outer layers, or disrupt, the star. Then, most of the star's gas does not fall into the black hole. These stellar tidal disruption events can be as bright as a supernova, and an increasing amount of them are being discovered by automated sky surveys. In the featured artist's illustration, a star has just passed a massive black hole and sheds gas that continues to orbit. The inner edge of a disk of gas and dust surrounding the black hole is heated by the disruption event and may glow long after the star is gone. Hole New Worlds: It's Black Hole Week at NASA!
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The stars are just old lights, I can see them falling down
@oldlights.bsky.social
Aspiring author, reluctant world traveller, and very lazy analyst. I support the law. Someone has to. It won't support itself. Don't make me analyse; you will not be able to stop me.
253 followers424 following9.3k posts
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