Scientists get first glimpse of black hole eating star, ejecting high-speed flare
Friday, November 27, 2015 - 14:00
in Astronomy & Space
An international team of astrophysicists led by a Johns Hopkins University scientist has for the first time witnessed a star being swallowed by a black hole and ejecting a flare of matter moving at nearly the speed of light. The finding reported Thursday in the journal Science tracks the star — about the size of […]