[AnotherUnixGeek]

"It will try hard to get away, but there is no escape," King said. "The black hole will eat it more and more slowly, but never stop."

It's never a good thing when scientists try to inject their desire for dramatics into what should be straightforward observations - this is how we end up with "scientists" making ludicrous, un-scientific proclamations about the world ending in 20 years due to global warming.

The star has entered a stable orbit around the black hole and the black hole's gravity will continue to pull in material from the star. This is not a high school student trying to escape Freddy Krueger.

[Red Badger]

The writer has a ‘flare’ for the dramatic.........................