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As the waves interact with the vortex, their path becomes deformed into co-rotating and counter-rotating waves, similar to the path bodies take as they swirl into a black hole.

An illustration shows a black hole slowly devouring a star. (Image credit: Science Communication Lab for MPIK/H.E.S.S.) Black holes snacking on stars is a fairly common phenomenon.