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a star that wanders too close to a

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supermassive black hole is doomed as it

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should be ripped apart by extreme tidal

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forces the debris from the star is

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expected to fall toward the black hole

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getting hotter and producing intense

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x-rays the x-rays should then fade as

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the hot gas spirals inward using Chandra

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this behavior may have been spotted for

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the first time in a dwarf galaxy bright

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x-rays from the location of this small

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galaxy were seen in 1999 until they

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faded and eventually disappeared in 2005

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in the past few years Chandra and other

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astronomical satellites have identified

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several suspected cases of a

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supermassive black hole ripping apart a

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nearby star this newly discovered

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episode is different because it has been

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associated with a much smaller galaxy

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than these other cases the black hole

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responsible for the destruction may be

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only a few hundred thousand times as

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massive as the Sun making it 10 times

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less massive than the galaxy's

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supermassive black hole astronomers

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believe that black holes of this size

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may be the seeds that ultimately formed