Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 11 minutes ago

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A giant black hole has torn apart a star and now may be going after another one.

The expanding debris field is pummeling an object as it orbits the black hole.

This result links two cosmic mysteries scientists were not sure to be connected.

Astronomers used NASA’s Chandra and other telescopes to make this discovery.

More at: https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2024/tde

Credit: CXC/NASA

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