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Tuesday June 29, 2021

When A City-Size Star Becomes A Black Hole's Lunch, The Universe Roils

An artistic image of what happens when a monstrous black hole collides with — and gulps down — a neutron star the size of a large city. Carl Knox/OzGrav/Swinburne hide caption

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Science

When A City-Size Star Becomes A Black Hole's Lunch, The Universe Roils

June 29, 2021 • It's a smackdown of one space monster by another: Scientists have made unprecedented observations of two black holes gobbling two neutron stars — among the weirdest space collisions ever detected.

When A City-Size Star Becomes A Black Hole's Lunch, The Universe Roils

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Tuesday June 19, 2012

Opinion

13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Stars, Planets And The Meaningless Life

June 19, 2012 • For that one moment all the meaning and concern I schlep from one day to the next just evaporated before my small place in this very big galaxy.