Astronomers have witnessed an extremely rare occurrence: the end of a star's life, as it's obliterated by a supermassive black hole. And this particular star's collapse was even more unique, because ...

A supermassive black hole tears up a star in a tidal disruption event, pulling gas away and creating an accretion disk. Credit: Ralf Crawford illustration When a star strays too close to a ...

A team of astronomers captured a distant Sun-like star shredded by a supermassive black hole in a 'death by spaghettification'. At the core of nearly every galaxy lies a monster. Some lurk in silence, ...

Astronomers have detected an impressive supermassive black hole devouring a star – and they've nicknamed it "Scary Barbie," in part because of its terrifying power. Scientists called it one of the ...

In work that could help scientists understand how matter behaves when it's close to supermassive black holes, a star has been observed while getting sucked into one in what's known as a tidal ...

A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by a supermassive black hole, has been spotted by scientists using telescopes from around the world. The phenomenon, known as a tidal ...

Tidal disruption involves death by spaghettification of a nearby star to a black hole Spaghettification occurs when a star is devoured by a black hole Astronomers can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A supermassive black hole tears up a star in a tidal disruption event, pulling gas away and creating an accretion disk. - Ralf ...