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The New Physics of Black Hole Star Capture | Extreme Tidal Disruption Events

If you track the motion of individual stars in the ultra-dense star cluster at the very center of the Milky Way you’ll see that they swing in sharp orbits around some vast but invisible mass—that’s the Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole. These are perilous orbits, and sometimes a star wanders just a little too close to that lurking monster, leading to a tidal disruption event.
Season 10 Episode 21 Length 17:44 Premiere: 09/19/24

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