¿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 March 24 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star Illustration Credit: [3]NASA, [4]JPL-Caltech Explanation: What happens to a star that goes near a black hole? If the star directly impacts a massive [5]black hole, then the star falls in completely -- and everything vanishes. [6]More likely, though, the star goes close enough to have the black hole's gravity pull away the outer layers of the star, or [7]disrupt the star. Then most of the star's gas does not fall into the [8]black hole. These stellar [9]tidal disruption events can be as bright as a supernova, and an increasing amount of them are being discovered by automated [10]sky surveys. In the [11]featured artist's illustration, a star has just passed a massive [12]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 [13]disruption event and may glow long after the star [14]is gone. Tomorrow's picture: star wings __________________________________________________________________ [15]< | [16]Archive | [17]Submissions | [18]Index | [19]Search | [20]Calendar | [21]RSS | [22]Education | [23]About APOD | [24]Discuss | [25]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [26]Robert Nemiroff ([27]MTU) & [28]Jerry Bonnell ([29]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [30]Specific rights apply. [31]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [32]ASD at [33]NASA / [34]GSFC & [35]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2003/BhShredder_NASA_3482.jpg 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ 5. https://www1.phys.vt.edu/~jhs/faq/blackholes.html 6. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/black-holes-caught-act-swallowing-stars 7. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/tidal-disruption.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191001.html 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_disruption_event 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_survey#List_of_sky_surveys 11. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA20027 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160212.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151028.html 14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVgGdmmczvU 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200323.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 19. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 24. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200324 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200325.html 26. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 27. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 28. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 29. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 31. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 32. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 33. https://www.nasa.gov/ 34. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 35. http://www.mtu.edu/