SMRTR Science & EngineeringOct 9, 2024Interesting Engineering

Giant black hole tears star apart, weaponizes debris to attack another: NASA

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A massive black hole has torn apart a star and is using the debris to bombard another orbiting object, linking two cosmic mysteries. This discovery, made using multiple telescopes, reveals regular X-ray bursts occurring every 48 hours as the orbiting object crashes through the expanded debris disk, providing new insights into supermassive black hole environments.

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