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ESA - XMM-Newton spies black holes eating the same stars again and again

Two teams of astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope have observed repeated outbursts of light from inactive black holes that partially destroy stars again and again. This discovery is unexpected, since outbursts of black holes usually appear only once when a black hole consumes a star. 

A Black Hole Tore a Star to Pieces. The Closest We've Ever Seen.

MIT Astronomers found an infrared view of a star getting ripped to shreds by a too-close encounter with a supermassive black hole.

Star survives spaghettification by black hole

Black holes can rip apart stars in so-called tidal disruption events, but one star in a distant galaxy seems to have survived the encounter.

NASA Catches a Black Hole Turning a Star Into a Torus

NASA has captured rare footage of a black hole tearing a star into a celestial donut. Mmmm, donuts.

Hubble finds hungry black hole twisting captured star into donut shape