Star grazing

This is seriously cool. It's only theoretical and it's an animation, not a video of the actual event, but I never cease to be amazed by how far scientists have advanced in studying space. Behold, a giant black hole, eating a star.



If the video didn't embed on your browser, you can see it here, along with a single image illustration. This stuff makes me wish I could live enough to join the Star Trek Federation and see this stuff for real.