In space, no one can hear you scream.
But on earth the 'screams' of a dying star have been recorded by scientists for the very first time.
It let out periodic bursts of light as it was devoured by a black hole, they discovered Researchers at the University of Michigan picked up semi-regular blips - which they have likened to dying screams - in the light of the star 3.9billion light years away in the direction of the constellation Draco on orbiting X-ray telescopes.
"Black hole: A spiral galaxy twists around a massive black hole where huge quantities of glowing gas and dust are sucked out of existence"
The blips, scientifically known as 'quasi-periodic oscillations', occurred steadily every 200 seconds until disappearing completely.
They are believed to emanate from material about to be sucked in to a black hole.
Culled from Daily Mail.
But on earth the 'screams' of a dying star have been recorded by scientists for the very first time.
It let out periodic bursts of light as it was devoured by a black hole, they discovered Researchers at the University of Michigan picked up semi-regular blips - which they have likened to dying screams - in the light of the star 3.9billion light years away in the direction of the constellation Draco on orbiting X-ray telescopes.
"Black hole: A spiral galaxy twists around a massive black hole where huge quantities of glowing gas and dust are sucked out of existence"
The blips, scientifically known as 'quasi-periodic oscillations', occurred steadily every 200 seconds until disappearing completely.
They are believed to emanate from material about to be sucked in to a black hole.
Culled from Daily Mail.
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