Red Giant accreted by a Black Hole (SPH simulation) @pavelsevecek
Red Giant accreted by a Black Hole (SPH simulation)  @pavelsevecek
Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A red giant is disintegrated by strong tidal forces, creating an accretion disk around the black hole.
Colors correspond to local gravitational acceleration. The light bending effect is achieved by tracing hyperbolic rays, it isn't an accurate general-relativistic simulation.

Computed with OpenSPH
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Music: Interstellar by Ross Bugden
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Red Giant accreted by a Black Hole (SPH simulation)

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