UKSA: Killer black hole devours star in a flash 20 June 2011
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Jul 18, 2011, 6:07:36 AM7/18/11
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One of the biggest and brightest bangs ever recorded by astronomers
came from a massive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy. The
black hole appears to have ripped apart a star that wandered too
close, creating a powerful beam of energy that crossed the 3.8 billion
light years to Earth.
The research, published in the journal Science, was carried out by an
international team including STFC-funded astronomers from the
universities of Warwick, Leicester and Hertfordshire. They used an
array of space and ground based facilities including the Hubble Space
Telescope, the Swift satellite, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the
Gemini and Keck Telescopes in Hawaii.
To read the rest of this article and view an Artist’s impression of
the star about to be ripped apart. see: http://bit.ly/nhXrds
For a larger version of the Artist’s impression of the star about to
be ripped apart
http://bit.ly/ocU0Vf Credit: University of Warwick / Mark A Garlick -
came from a massive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy. The
black hole appears to have ripped apart a star that wandered too
close, creating a powerful beam of energy that crossed the 3.8 billion
light years to Earth.
The research, published in the journal Science, was carried out by an
international team including STFC-funded astronomers from the
universities of Warwick, Leicester and Hertfordshire. They used an
array of space and ground based facilities including the Hubble Space
Telescope, the Swift satellite, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the
Gemini and Keck Telescopes in Hawaii.
To read the rest of this article and view an Artist’s impression of
the star about to be ripped apart. see: http://bit.ly/nhXrds
For a larger version of the Artist’s impression of the star about to
be ripped apart
http://bit.ly/ocU0Vf Credit: University of Warwick / Mark A Garlick -
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