mysteries revealed!
for the first time, the violent death throes of a star being partially swallowed by a black hole has been obseved, supporting a long-held theory of how black holes capture unsuspecting stars that wander into their neighbourhood.«...the chances of this happening, however, are considered very rare -- about once every 10,000 years in a typical galaxy...» «"this is really fantastic stuff," says university of california astronomer alex filippenko. "this is one of the holy grails of astronomy."»
much more interesting than anything you heard in chruch on sunday... and true!
