Black Hole Flair

Black Hole Flair

A hydrodynamical simulation of a star being ripped apart by the tidal forces of a supermassive black hole. Photo: Collected

Rapidly spinning stars may explain fading flares from black holes: Study

The new study suggests that this changes if the star was already rotating rapidly before its first encounter.

An artist's concept depicts a supermassive black hole in the process of shredding to pieces a massive star at least 30 times the mass of the sun. Photo: Caltech

Astronomers observe black hole flare brighter than 10 trillion suns