Huge Explosion Explained: Did a Black Hole Eat a White Dwarf? @CoconutScienceLab

Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

More space news and info at: coconutsciencelab.com - watch what scientists think happens when a black hole tears apart a hot, dense white dwarf star.

A team working with observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory suggests this process explains a mysterious outburst known as AT2018cow, or "the Cow."

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