Gamma ray blast traced to 'super-massive black hole'
USA Today / Dan Bergano
16-Jun-2011

Astronomers think they've nailed down the source of a mysterious blast of gamma rays that reached Earth in late March and continues, at reduced levels, even today. The culprit looks like a black hole, 3.8 billion light-years away, that swallowed and ripped apart a wandering star.


  • Mark Garlick, University of Warwick

    Artist's impression of the end result of disruption of a star by a massive black hole.

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Mark Garlick, University of Warwick

Artist's impression of the end result of disruption of a star by a massive black hole.

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