Supermassive Black Hole A Star

Ep. 42, Page 84

on July 27, 2021

NASA has detected a "short" gamma ray burst, lasting less than a second—a momentary jet of highly energized particles just barely escaping from a massive star as its core collapsed into a black hole; while brief, "the burst emitted 14 million times the energy released by the entire Milky Way galaxy over the same amount of time."

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The original 16" x 6.75" watercolor art for today's new A* page is up for auction on eBay. : )

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