{"id":226010,"date":"2024-05-30T13:54:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/unluckiest-star-may-be-trapped-in-deadly-dance-with-a-black-hole\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:18:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:18:25","slug":"unluckiest-star-may-be-trapped-in-deadly-dance-with-a-black-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/unluckiest-star-may-be-trapped-in-deadly-dance-with-a-black-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Unluckiest star’ may be trapped in deadly dance with a black hole"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Illustration of a black hole ripping gas from a star<\/p>\n

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A star appears to be locked in a lethal dance with a supermassive black hole. According to a team of astronomers, this unlucky star gets almost torn apart each time its orbit swings past the black hole on a tight loop. If they are right, we might see it happen again two years from now.<\/p>\n

If a star gets close enough to a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy, it can be tidally disrupted, which means the black\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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