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Astronomers see distant eruption as black hole destroys star

Astronomers see distant eruption as black hole destroys star

Researchers at the Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, contributed to a new study, directly imaging the jet of material formed when a black hole rips a star apart. The results are published in the journal Science.

See the press releases from National Radio Astronomy Obervatory (USA) and Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC or contact Peter Lundqvist (Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University) via peter@astro.su.se or +46 8 553 785 18.

Artistic conception of a TDE. Image: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF

Artist conception of a tidal disruption event (TDE) that happens when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive black hole, which reacts by launching a relativistic jet. Image: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF

Last updated: June 14, 2018
Source: Department of Astronomy

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