A computer simulation shows the evolution of a molecular cloud with a solar mass of 10^4 falling toward a supermassive black hole with a solar mass of 10^6. Here, the cloud is within 0.5 parsecs of the black hole. Color scale is from 0.1 g cm^-2 to 1000 g cm^-2. A small population of stars is being ejected from the system in the this image. Credit: Science/AAAS
