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Friday 30 January 2015

Astronomers Observe Black Hole Choking On A Star 2.9 Billion Light-Years Away



In 2009, a very bright flash of light was caught by the ROTSE IIIb telescope, sparking confusion as to its origin. Now, a paper in The Astrophysical Journal proposes that the event was the death throes of a star being swallowed by a black hole. However, the consumption is proving unusually difficult…

by José Lourenço via Facebook at January 30, 2015 at 10:40AM

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