Star is one of the largest ever witnessed being destroyed this way <\/p>
A star that was caught being devoured by a giant black hole<\/a> in a nearby galaxy turned out to have been one of the largest stars seen being consumed in this way, a recent study has found.\u00a0<\/p> It’s one of the biggest stars ever seen destroyed in a tidal disruption event.<\/p> The event, called ASASSN-14li, was spotted in a galaxy<\/a> located 290 million lightyears away in 2014, but astronomers have been studying the aftermath ever since.<\/p> It occurred when the star strayed too close to a black hole and was torn apart \u2013 what is known as a tidal disruption event.<\/p> Much of the star\u2019s gas left over from the event remained in orbit, but a portion was blown away by strong winds created by the black hole\u2019s accretion disk<\/a>.<\/p>