Saturday, April 9, 2011
Cosmic Fireworks Erupt When Black Hole in Dragon's Belly Swallows Star
A mysterious cosmic blast in the constellation Draco has astronomers scrambling to try to understand its cause, so unlike is it to anything ever observed before. Rather than the short-lived gamma-ray bursts typically associated with the death of a massive star -- most last no more than a few hours -- this explosion continues more than a week later.
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