[NormsRevenge]

Artist's rendering of the light echo of a high-energy flash from a black hole. When a star is disrupted by a black hole in the nucleus of a galaxy, its debris is inevitably attracted and absorbed by the black hole. This sudden increase in the accretion rate causes an abrupt burst of ultraviolet and X-ray light because the gas from the disrupted star becomes very hot. As the high-energy radiation travels through the core of the galaxy it illuminates surrounding matter and so makes it possible to probe regions of the galaxy that would otherwise be unobservable. Credit: MPE/ESA

[cripplecreek]

[Man50D]

I thought the title was referring to Obama needling Clinton after his victory in North Carolina yesterday.

[Viking2002]

I'd be screaming, too, if you ripped apart my black h........oh, forget it.

[P.O.E.]

God may not play dice, but perhaps he plays peek-a-boo?

[Hyzenthlay]

Cool, although even after taking a cosmology course I still don't get what that 'artists rendering' is quite supposed to be. But SDSSJ0952+2143? How do you even say that, as it's got a + in the middle?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks grey_whiskers. :') Not ST, just of interest.

[LibWhacker]

"But this light echo effect makes different components shine up temporarily, but ... at different times. That is an exciting way to do some mapping of the components of the nucleus," Komossa said.

Cool!

Thanks for the ping, SC!