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Against a black background dotted with stars, a disk of hot red gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration. There is a long stream of hot gas extending out to the right, which is feeding into the disk, and a bright cloud of plasma hovering just above the center of the black hole.

A Black Hole Gobbles Up a Star

A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration from Dec. 20, 2022. A long stream of hot gas on the right, coming from a star that was pulled apart by the black hole, feeds into the disk.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech

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