Light Years

NASA: Unveiling TDEs: How a supermassive black hole consumed a star 9 billion light-years away

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NASA: Unveiling TDEs: How a supermassive black hole consumed a star 9 billion light-years away

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole, located 9 billion light-years away, amid a cosmic feast as it devours one of the largest stars ever observed in a ‘tidal disruption event’ (TDE). This rare phenomenon, designated AT2023vto, is marked by the black hole shredding a star roughly nine times the mass of our Sun and … Read more

Fox pundit gives tailgate $500 ‘to watch the Jags beat the Niners’

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Fox pundit gives tailgate 0 ‘to watch the Jags beat the Niners’

File: Jacksonville Jaguars fans show their support during a 49ers-Jaguars game on October 27, 2013 in London, England. Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images Fox’s Nick Wright — one of the Bay Area’s longtime needlers in the sports talk show circuit — isn’t just betting against the 49ers in Jacksonville on Sunday, he’s funding a Jaguars tailgate so … Read more