{"id":15175,"date":"2011-06-17T12:42:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T10:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=15175"},"modified":"2011-06-17T12:42:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T10:42:47","slug":"black-hole-eats-a-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/17\/black-hole-eats-a-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Black hole eats a star"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Space is a hot topic these days. \u00a0Not even a full week has passed since spectacular lunar eclipse<\/a>, and we already have more exciting news. Space.com reports an extremely rare event<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A powerful beam of energy has been spotted blasting out from the center of a massive black hole as it rips apart and devours a star in a rare sight that astronomers say likely happens only once every 100 million years, a new study finds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is pretty impressive! \u00a0They’ve also published a couple of artist impressions of what is going on.<\/p>\n

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Space is a hot topic these days. \u00a0Not even a full week has passed since spectacular lunar eclipse, and we already have more exciting news. Space.com reports an extremely rare event: A powerful beam of energy has been spotted blasting out from the center of a massive black hole as it rips apart and devours … Continue reading Black hole eats a star<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-15175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-space"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22246,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/22\/backup-black-hole\/","url_meta":{"origin":15175,"position":0},"title":"Backup black hole","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I just had to look for something that got deleted in one of the systems I administrate. \u00a0We have daily backups for the last week, weekly backups for the last two month, monthly backups for the last year, and yearly backups for ever. \u00a0That seemed like a sensible backup plan.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15137,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/15\/total-lunar-eclipse\/","url_meta":{"origin":15175,"position":1},"title":"Total lunar eclipse","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"If you are reading it minutes after I post, then don't lose precious time - run outside and look at the Moon. \u00a0Today you have a rare opportunity to observe total lunar eclipse. \u00a0If you are, and you probably are, late, then consider the illustration below. \u00a0Since I don't possess\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/lunar_eclipse_illustration.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12604,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/04\/day-in-brief\/","url_meta":{"origin":15175,"position":2},"title":"Day in brief","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 4, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I favorited a YouTube video -- Space Suit Testing http:\/\/youtu.be\/KO8L9tKR4CY?a # I favorited a YouTube video -- Lego Hello World http:\/\/youtu.be\/zX09WnGU6ZY?a # I favorited a YouTube video -- Smartphone Domino Machine http:\/\/youtu.be\/jvridy2d6uk?a # I favorited a YouTube video -- FLOTILLA: We Con the World http:\/\/youtu.be\/2KUcv452KbU?a # I favorited a YouTube\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8401,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/01\/star-wars-episode-v-the-empire-strikes-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":15175,"position":3},"title":"Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 1, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I continued with the Star Wars saga and watched \"Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back\" on DVD today. 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