Carnegie Institution for Science: Found - 'Poster Child' for Being Shredded by a Black Hole
September 26, 2019
September 26, 2019
PASADENA, California, Sept. 26 -- The Carnegie Institution for Science issued the following news release:
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has for the first time seen the aftermath of a star that was violently ripped apart by a supermassive black hole. Catching such a rare event in action will help astronomers understand these mysterious phenomena.
The observation is reported in The Astrophysical Journal by a team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Tho . . .
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has for the first time seen the aftermath of a star that was violently ripped apart by a supermassive black hole. Catching such a rare event in action will help astronomers understand these mysterious phenomena.
The observation is reported in The Astrophysical Journal by a team of astronomers led by Carnegie's Tho . . .