Black holes make meals of binary stars
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 01:03
in Astronomy & Space
SALT LAKE CITY, April 2 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say supermassive black holes in the center of galaxies grow by repeatedly capturing and consuming single stars from pairs that wander too close.
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