(AGENPARL) – WEST LAFAYETTE (U.S.) mar 25 aprile 2023
A distant star, dying a fiery and dramatic death, torn apart by a supermassive black hole in a forgotten corner of the sky. One of the most luminous, energetic, long-lasting transient objects didn’t blaze through the night sky inspiring legends and launching civilizations. Instead, astronomers, acting as celestial supersleuths, uncovered evidence of the star’s death throes where it had hidden undetected for years in a mass of computer-gathered telescope data.
Fonte/Source: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2023/Q2/uncovering-a-stars-demise-supermassive-black-hole-tears-apart-a-giant-star-in-a-display-brighter-more-energetic-and-longer-lasting-than-any-observed-before.html