High Energy2026-06-101 minarXiv:2606.12049expressA Blob of a Star Grazes a Black HoleA blob of cold helium swoops dangerously close to a black hole. But this isn't just a blob: it's a dead star the size of Earth, yet with a mass comparable to the Sun's.Marek Nikołajuk·Tomasz Karpiuk·Mirosław BrewczykChandrasekhar limitSubrahmanyan ChandrasekharAlbert EinsteinAugustin-Louis Cauchywhite dwarfAccretion diskstellar evolutionbrown dwarfblack hole merger👍👎☆SimplePopularAdvanced