Giant Black Hole Shreds and Swallows Helpless Star

ScienceNOW ^ | 2 May 2012 | Ken Croswell

[UCANSEE2]

Good thing we have ERASMUS to explain what they 'meant'. I guess 'scientists' aren't sticklers for accuracy ?

Anyway, regardless of how it is said, 'momentum is conserved' is like saying the truck moved because it has round wheels.

I would be more apt to believe that half the star was sucked into the 'black hole' and the remaining half was spinning round the vortex so fast that centrifugal force ejected it our past the Scharzhild (sp?) radius, possible at a much higher speed than it was entering.

[UCANSEE2]

Interesting thought: this happened over a billion years ago.

Oh yeah. Well... that's if you were actually 'there'.

If you were on Earth, why... seems like yesterday.

[UCANSEE2]

THis crap always confuses me

You should see what it does to the scientists who have to explain it to a reporter.

[dfwgator]

From the headline I thought Whoopie Goldberg was dating Ted Danson again.

[gleeaikin]

I believe what the story said was that the star lived for about a billion years before being destroyed 2 billion years ago. Like saying Lincoln live for 50 years before being shot 150 years ago.

[Erasmus]

Good thing we have ERASMUS to explain what they 'meant'.

You're welcome.

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