Intermediate-Mass Black Hole with Torn-Apart Star (Artist’s Impression)
This artist’s impression depicts a star being torn apart by an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH), surrounded by an accretion disc. This thin, rotating disc of material consists of the leftovers of a star which was ripped apart by the tidal forces of the black hole.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser
About the Image
| Id: | heic2005a |
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| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 31 March 2020, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | heic2005 |
| Size: | 5092 x 3531 px |
About the Object
| Name: | 3XMM J215022.4−055108 |
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| Type: | Early Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Black Hole |
| Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
