Now, though, NASA has actually watched a black hole eat a star. To get a good view of the event, NASA used multiple of its space telescopes to observe the black hole as it ate the star.
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Despite this enormous size, the black hole is actually accreting–or eating–gas at a very low rate. According to the team, it is only accreting about 100 times below its theoretical maximum limit.
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The primitive black hole, however, doesn’t currently possess a voracious appetite to match its immensity. At the moment, it’s only accreting the gas it needs to grow at about 100 times below the ...