The 'Cow' Explosion: Black Hole Eats White Dwarf

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Watch what scientists think happens when a black hole tears apart a hot, dense white dwarf star. A team working with observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory suggests this process explains a mysterious outburst known as AT2018cow, or "the Cow." Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Music: "Curious Events" from Killer Tracks

Published 2019-01-10 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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