Word of the day; Spaghettification

 I ran across this word in an article at Space.com about the Hubble Telescope spotting a star being pulled apart by a black hole.

As the black hole tears away the outer, loose gases from the star, they form into threads which wrap around the black hole in a way similar to rolling sphaghetti on a fork. 

Often the dense part of the star escapes, however.

Wikipedia article has more technical details.

In astrophysics, spaghettification (sometimes referred to as the noodle effect)[1] is the vertical stretching and horizontal compression of objects into long thin shapes (rather like spaghetti) in a very strong, non-homogeneous gravitational field. It is caused by extreme tidal forces.

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Westerners eat spaghetti by picking up strands and twirling them around our fork.

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however, I should note that this is not how you eat the long strands of Ramen in Asia, where slurping is permitted.

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so how do Filipinos eat their spaghettti? This guy is Canadian, so he usesTwirl and slurp technique.

The late Anthony Bourdain warmed Filipino hearts with his love of Jolibee.

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I should note that Filipino Spaghetti has a sweet sauce that resembles the sauce of SpaghettiOs that kids love. It also does not have sausage, but hot dogs in it, and often it is topped with  grated Eden Cheese (a mild Cheddar).

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