#UNHSciFri: In a galaxy 1.8 billion light years away, a giant black hole ripped apart a nearby star and gorged on its remains for a record-setting ten years. #UNH researcher Dacheng Lin discovered the hungry black hole and published his findings in this week’s issue of Nature Astronomy. "We have witnessed a star’s spectacular and prolonged demise." Learn more at unh.edu/unhtoday. 📷 Credit: CXC/M. Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/UNH/D. Lin et al, Optical: CFHT. #instaUNH #UNHResearch