Science News for Kids » elliptical http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:07:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Black hole’s big gulp http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/black-holes-big-gulp/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/05/black-holes-big-gulp/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 15:43:07 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=12819 This computer simulation gives some idea of what might happen when a star gets too close to a black hole. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/JHU/UCS

Astronomers say a bright flare in space shows where a black hole tore apart a star]]> This computer simulation gives some idea of what might happen when a star gets too close to a black hole. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/JHU/UCS

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