3D Spherical Symmetry in Tidal Disruption: Evidence from EHT Imaging for Pre-Horizon Spaghettification
Abstract
This paper presents a correction to the spaghettification process by considering the black hole as a 3D spherical structure rather than a planar singularity. Standard physics often simplifies tidal forces, but our research shows that for an object approaching from any vector, the gravitational gradient triggers a 'pre-disruption event' well outside the event horizon. We find that the first documented images of M87 and Sgr A* from the Event Horizon Telescope provide visual evidence for this. The observed 'photon ring' indicates a dense, high-energy environment where stellar materials are likely torn apart and converted into plasma before entry. We argue that the clear visuals of these 'feeding' black holes show matter being shredded into a 3D accretion shell, preventing intact macroscopic bodies from ever crossing the horizon. This universal behavior applies to all black hole scales—from stellar-mass to supermassive—and suggests that spaghettification is not a 'point-of-entry' event, but a 'shell-of-destruction' that encapsulates the black hole. The discovery also got profound implications for the acclaimed Black hole information paradox. Our findings suggest that pre-horizon spaghettification prevents intact macroscopic bodies from entering the event horizon, implying that baryonic information is reorganized into a radiant 3D plasma shell rather than being consumed by the singularity
Fields of Study & Subjects
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 14 January 2026