Hubble Space Telescope / ESA
Hunger Pangs
The subject of this Picture of the Week, a spiral galaxy named NGC 1589, was once the scene of a violent bout of cosmic hunger pangs; as astronomers looked on, a poor, hapless star was torn apart and devoured by the ravenous supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy.
More information: www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw2010a/
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Hunger Pangs
The subject of this Picture of the Week, a spiral galaxy named NGC 1589, was once the scene of a violent bout of cosmic hunger pangs; as astronomers looked on, a poor, hapless star was torn apart and devoured by the ravenous supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy.
More information: www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw2010a/
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA