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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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A montage of images shows the evolution of a white dwarf star as it is being disrupted by a massive black hole. In this scenario, the star, which is being flexed by the tidal field of the black hole, develops strong shocks on its surface (blue and green), but its remnant core survives disruption (illustrated in red). The sequence of 3D snapshots is produced by Forrest Kieffer, a Georgia Tech undergraduate student, and is based on relativistic hydrodynamic simulations carried out by Roseanne Cheng. (Credit: Tamara Bogdanovic)
