TESS Catches its First Star-destroying Black Hole

The video explains a tidal disruption event where a black hole destroys a star, forming an accretion disk. It highlights the discovery of Assassin 19 BT by TESS, which observed the event before other observatories. NASA's Swift and the European XMM Newton satellites recorded early UV measurements, noting a significant temperature drop. Such events are rare, occurring once every 10,000 to 100,000 years in galaxies like ours. Future discoveries will enhance our understanding of these cosmic phenomena.

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