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Supernova, Black Hole and Death Dance

Star Tries to Swallow a Black Hole, Ignites One of the Strangest Supernovas Ever Seen
Black holes are dark, menacing objects with gravity so intense that not even light can escape, so you don’t want to mess with them. A recent discovery of one of the strangest supernovas ever observed reveals the tragic story of a star that tried to defy the powerful pull of a nearby black hole but later conceded in an explosive death.
Black Hole Star Death Dance Reveals a Never-Before-Seen Supernova
That is how Alexander Gagliano, the lead author of a new paper in The Astrophysical Journal, characterized SN 2023zkd, a supernova unlike anything observed previously. Discovered in July 2023, the event seems to be the first well-documented instance of a massive star exploding as it was trying to engulf a black hole companion.
Astronomers may have observed a star’s death while devouring a black hole: Report
With the help of AI, scientists from the CfA and MIT working within the Young Supernova Experiment uncovered evidence of a star’s violent collapse while interacting with a black hole.
New type of supernova detected as black hole causes star to explode
They have documented what appears to be a new type of supernova, as stellar explosions are known, that occurred when a massive star tried to swallow a black hole with which it had
Spotify-like AI helps discover never-before-seen supernova as greedy star attempts to eat a black hole
With help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as it was trying to gobble down a black hole.
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Precursor of Black Death Detected in 4,000-Year-Old Sheep Excavated in Russia: Study

Precursor of Black Death Detected in 4,000-Year-Old Sheep Excavated in Russia: Study A prehistoric form of Black Death seems to have run through Eurasia during the Bronze Age. The cause behind this ...

Police ID suspect after man found shot to death inside Brookhaven apartment

An investigation is underway after a person was found shot early Sunday morning, according to Brookhaven police.

Supermarket gunman who targeted Black people wants charges dropped, says grand jury was too white

Attorneys for the white supremacist gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket argue that federal charges ...

Shooter who killed 10 Black people in Buffalo NY says grand jury was too white

Payton Gendron, the man who killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, claims the grand jury that indicted ...

Robert Plant Reveals Why He Turned Down Tony Iommi's Invitation to Attend Black Sabbath's Farewell Show

Robert Plant opened up in a new interview about his decision to turn down an offer from Tony Iommi to attend Black Sabbath's ...
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Source of Black Death Bubonic Plague Finally Pinpointed by Scientists ...

The Black Death was a pandemic caused by the bubonic plague that killed an estimated 25 million peopl e in Europe between 1347 to 1351 and tens of millions more worldwide, carried by rats infested ...

Why Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s death has hit the Black community so deeply

Some celebrity deaths hit the Black community differently. Such is the case with the passing of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who ...
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The Black Death: Longing For The Good Old Days

The Black Death’s gruesome, powerful hold on the human psyche is readily understandable. But why is it that so many people yearn for a return to the cold, miserable conditions that spawned the ...
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Millionaire Texas Hunter Gored by ‘Black Death’ Buffalo on Safari

Asher Watkins, a 52-year-old Texas millionaire renowned for his success in luxury ranch real estate, was fatally gored by a ...