Hubble Finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting Captured Star Into Donut Shape

Black holes are gatherers, not hunters. They lie in wait until a hapless star wanders by. When the star gets close enough, the black hole's gravitational grasp violently rips it apart and sloppily devours its gasses while belching out intense radiation. Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have recorded a star's final moments in detail as it gets gobbled up by a black hole. For more information, visit Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Paul Morris: Lead Producer Cassandra Morris: Narrator Music Credit “Solar Eclipse” by Alexander Ryder Mcnair [ASCAP] and Harry Gregson Williams [BMI] via Atmosphere Music Ltd. [PRS] and Universal Production Music. This video can be freely shared and downloaded at While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit See more Hubble videos on YouTube: Follow NASA's Hubble Space Telescope: · Facebook: · Twitter: · Instagram: · Flickr: --- If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram · Twitter · Twitter · Facebook: · Flickr