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Stars and solar physics

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Home » Astronomy and space » Stars and solar physics » Astronomers observe the biggest booms since the Big Bang

Astronomers observe the biggest booms since the Big Bang

11 Jul 2025 Isabelle Dumé
A bright image of two circular objects, one in a blue colour and the other in an orange colour. A thin trail of material leads from the blue object (the star) to the orange object (the black hole that's accreting the material)
Massive vs supermassive: As a massive star approaches a supermassive black hole, the black hole's enormous gravity pulls in material from the star. This process, known as accretion, is believed to be the cause of the signals observed in this study. (Courtesy: University of Hawai’i)
Astronomers at the University of Hawai’i’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) in the US have detected

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Isabelle Dumé is a contributing editor to Physics World
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