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Tidal forces and 'spaghettification' by Black Hole


MigL

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I would hate to be sitting on a bank watching this tide roll in

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/weather/topstories/astronomers-capture-death-by-spaghettification-as-black-hole-shreds-a-star/ar-BB1a1COG?ocid=msedgntp

One caveat ...

"The idea of a black hole 'sucking in' a nearby star sounds like science fiction."

and it is. BHs don't 'suck', they just gravitate.

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