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 |
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 |
Type: | Early Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Black Hole |
Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
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