thefinalfrontier Posted January 6, 2010 #1 Share Posted January 6, 2010 "We think these unusual signatures can be explained by a white dwarf that strayed too close to a black hole and was torn apart by the extreme tidal forces."Joel Bregman of the University of Michigan. New results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Magellan telescopes suggest that a dense stellar remnant has been ripped apart by a black hole a thousand times as massive as the Sun in NGC 1399, an elliptical galaxy about 65 million light years from Earth. In the image above, X-rays from Chandra Space Observatory are shown in blue and are overlaid on an optical image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Read more... There is a picture of this in the link, Im unable to post that type of photo as this site dont support it, But its an awsome pic, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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