Black Holes Can Spawn Large, Odd Stars, Model Suggests

Friday, August 22, 2008 - 14:14 in Astronomy & Space

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Clouds of dust and gas falling toward supermassive black holes can create abnormally large stars on eccentric orbits, new computer simulations show.

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