Earth-size telescope tracks the aftermath of a star being swallowed by a supermassive black hole
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 22:21
in Astronomy & Space
Radio astronomers have used a radio telescope network the size of the Earth to zoom in on a unique phenomenon in a distant galaxy: a jet activated by a star being consumed by a supermassive black hole. The record-sharp observations reveal a compact and surprisingly slowly moving source of radio waves.