Sunday, 19 June 2011

Black Hole Swallows Star?

A gamma ray burst observed in the constellation of Draco by the Swift satelite on the 28th March this year is believed to have been caused by a Sol sized star being torn to pieces by super-massive black-hole!

Fuller details can be found here, here, here, & here. It is also discussed on this radio programme.

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