XMM-Newton captures final cries of star shredded by black hole

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 19:00 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers using ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory have studied a black hole devouring a star and discovered an exceptionally bright and stable signal that allowed them to determine the black hole’s spin rate.   

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