Snatching up the image of a choking cosmic black hole when swallowing a star

Astronomers were shocked to see a 1-0-2 scene: the black hole was swallowing a star . vomiting immediately.

The process of black hole swallowing the star and release it

Recently, astronomers have "seized" an unprecedented scene in the astronomical history of mankind: swallowing a star . vomiting immediately.

Specifically, while watching a star the same size as the sun being "blackened" by the black hole, astronomers have discovered an image of a pillar of fire coming out from the center of the hole.

Simulation of fire columns appeared after eating out a star of the cosmic black hole.

Different from the imagination of many people that the star will 'slip' into the black hole, the reality is completely different. Extremely large of black holes distorting, distorting the star completely. As a result, half of the star's mass will shoot outward, the other half following spiral-shaped currents going straight into the black hole.

In the past, scientists have repeatedly witnessed the spectacle of a black hole in the universe destroying stars. And this pillar of fire is often the last product, when the black hole has "swallowed" its prey completely.

Despite their small size, they still exhibit "gluttony" by trying to consume a larger star. According to calculations, to eat out stars, black holes will take about a million years but this time is quite short in the universe.

However, this is the first time we have seen the pillar of fire appear in the " black hole " of the black hole.

According to Sjoert van Velzen, astronomer leader: "This phenomenon is extremely rare. This is the first time we have seen the whole process of swallowing black holes and the release of plasma flames right after that."

According to experts, this light column is called Astrophysical jets - astrophysical jet . This phenomenon occurs because the black hole attracts matter from the star in a spiral, when it converges to the center, the matter collides with each other at the speed of light, creating an explosion that surpasses the gravitational pull of the black hole .