Black Hole Tears Star to Shreds, Flings Its Guts Toward Another Star Nearby

<img width="1500" height="1000" src="https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2024/10/black-hole-tidal-disruption-event.jpg" alt="An illustration of a tidal disruption event of a supermassive black hole.">The gargantuan object is driving a "cosmic two-for-one" that could shed light on the source of a weird kind of X-ray.

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