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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star (2024 May 05)

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If the star directly impacts a massive black hole, then the star falls in completely -- and everything vanishes.
This, of course, is not what is illustrated, but it has me wondering: if the black hole is rotating (which probably most are), is a direct impact even possible? My understanding is that frame dragging would pull the star into an orbit regardless.

Statistics: Posted by Cousin Ricky — Sun May 05, 2024 4:53 pm — Replies 22 — Views 304



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