Astronomers have observed material being blown away from a black hole after it tore a star apart, using a trio of X-ray telescopes. The artist's illustration depicts material from a shredded star (reddish-orange streak) that is pulled towards the black hole. The X-ray spectrum obtained with Chandra (inset box) provides information about how material starts falling toward the black hole, plus evidence for a wind carrying some of the material away from the black hole.