BLACK HOLE SEEN RIPPING STAR APART Observations from three space-based X-ray telescopes over about a decade provide the first solid evidence of a star being torn apart and partly swallowed by a black hole. <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/02/18/shc.blackhole.star/index.html" target="_new">http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/02/18/shc.blackhole.star/index.html</A>