Unusual gamma-ray flash may have come from star being eaten by massive black hole

Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 13:30 in Astronomy & Space

A bright flash of gamma rays observed March 28 by the Swift satellite may have been the death rattle of a star falling into a massive black hole and being ripped apart, according to a team of astronomers led by the University of California, Berkeley.

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