This computer-simulated image shows gas from a tidally shredded star falling into a black hole. Astronomers observed the flare in ultraviolet light using NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
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Title: Black Hole Erupts
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/JHU/UCSC
Date Created: 2012-05-02
Rights: JPL
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