# A gas cloud collides with the black hole at the center of our galaxy, and we get to watch March 24, 2014 - [ News ](/news-categories/news) "The landscape in Chile’s Atacama desert is Martian-like: dry, barren and flanked by volcanoes, and its high altitude and unpolluted skies make it a prime spot for stargazing. It was there, after a full night of such observation — and over a 4 p.m. breakfast — that astronomer [Stefan Gillessen](http://www.mpe.mpg.de/ir/userpage.html?id=gillessen) found himself in possession of some very special data. His observations showed a cloud of gas being stretched out, or “spaghettified,” about to be ripped apart, as it barreled toward the black hole at the center of our galaxy." PBS Newshour: See also:- [ Graduate Student ](/announcements/graduate-student) - [ News Media ](/filter_by/news-media) - [ 2014 ](/news-date/2014) - [ March ](/news-date/march-0) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)