Tearing a Star Apart

An unusually bright and long lived burst of gamma rays was detected by the Swift satellite in March this year. It was pretty spectacular and unlike anything ever seen before, and...

27 June 2011

Interview with

Andrew Levan, Warwick University

Part of the show Star Death, STEREO & South Africa's SKA bid

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What University of Warwick researchers think the aftermath of a large star being consumed by a black hole at the center of a galaxy 3.8 billion light years distant may have looked like. The event blasted jets of energy from the black hole, one of...

Credit:

University of Warwick / Mark A. Garlick

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