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Dusty space object on a crash course towards a supermassive black hole mysteriously survives being ripped apart.
The dusty space object, known as G2, was on a course towards the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way from 2006 to early 2014. Its closest approach to the black hole was in May 2014 and observations in September 2014 show that the object survived being ripped apart.
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Sadly this appears to be short on details.
Indeed, wish we knew more about this incident.
Curses! I didn't realise the full article was behind a paywall (I was happily behind the paywall, totally oblivious, on my university network). The sooner all journal articles become open access, the better.