Black hole kills star and blasts 3.8 billion light year beam at Earth
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
The flash from one of the biggest and brightest bangs yet recorded by astronomers comes from a massive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy, new research shows. 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.