Summary:
- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have detected a black hole destroying a star and then going after another nearby star in the same galaxy.
- This event, known as a "tidal disruption event," occurs when a black hole's powerful gravity rips apart a star that ventures too close.
- The observations provide insights into the physics of how black holes feed on stellar material and can help researchers better understand the environments around supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies.