Images for PR 12-2004 (Giant black hole rips star apart)

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Feb 2004

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XMM Press Release PhR 2-2004

Physics

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Gravitational pull of a black hole hi-res
Size hi-res: 519 Kb Credits: ESA and Stefanie Komossa (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)
The tremendous gravitational pull of a giant black hole This artist impression illustrates the tremendous gravitational pull of a giant black hole on a passing star. The doomed object is first stretched by tidal forces until it is torn apart. Most of the gas making up the star is lost from the system but some of it is trapped by the black hole and forms a disc of gas around it. In the disc, the gas is heated to millions of degrees and emits in the X-rays, before disappearing forever, swallowed by the black hole. It is precisely the signature of this disc that ESA's XMM-Newton has detected.
Giant black hole rips star apart
Credits: ESA and Stefanie Komossa (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)
Giant black hole rips star apart - panel detail Expanded view of the first panel.
Giant black hole rips star apart
Credits: ESA and Stefanie Komossa (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)
Giant black hole rips star apart - panel detail Expanded view of the second panel.
Giant black hole rips star apart
Credits: ESA and Stefanie Komossa (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)
Giant black hole rips star apart - panel detail Expanded view of the third panel.
Giant black hole rips star apart
Credits: ESA and Stefanie Komossa (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)
Giant black hole rips star apart Expanded view of the fourth panel.

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