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Infalling star shown in an artist's conception; 10% of its mass is turned into energy and radiated as X-rays
June 16, 2011 (BBC) -- Astronomers have spied a star's swan song as it is shredded by a black hole.
Researchers suspect that the star wandered too close to the black hole and got sucked in by the huge gravitational forces.
The star's final moments sent a flash of radiation hurtling towards Earth.
The energy burst is still visible by telescope more than two-and-a-half months later, the researchers report in the journal Science.
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CreatedFriday, June 17 2011
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