To get an idea of what this might look like, NASA offered this illustration of asteroids heading toward a black hole. The tidal forces generated by Sgr A* vaporize the asteroids. Flares get produced, and the remains of the asteroids eventually get swallowed up by the black hole.
February 14, 2012 8:17 AM PST
Photo by: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
| Caption by: Charles Cooper