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Description: Computer simulation of the tidal disruption of a one solar mass star by a one million solar mass supermassive black hole, performed using the Phantom general relativistic smoothed particle hydrodynamics code. The snapshot shows the star spaghettified into a long thin stream, which self-intersects due to relativistic precession, causing material to plunge towards the black hole and generate strong outflows which ultimately smother the black hole.
Author: Danieljamesprice
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