Thursday, December 20, 2007

A Starry affair

Atlast, the astronomers in America have managed to capture an "exciting" blast that occurred in the universe. Star-gazing (Astro-Physics) is my favorite subject. I love reading about the stars, galactic events and the nature of the objects in the universe (especially space). This time I've a news regarding the black hole blasts. The massive cosmic assault of a black hole blasting an immense jet of radiation into a nearby galaxy has been observed by astronomers for the first time.The name, "Death star" can be attributed to an age old star that is about to shoot a lot of energy into a space and is in its last stage of its life-cycle. Americans have managed to capture the energy patterns and the deflection patterns.
The radiated beam energy was so high that it got punched through to the near-by galaxy. This jet could be causing lot of problems for the smaller galaxy that it is plummeting. The black hole in the larger galaxy was viewed blasting out the jet of radiation and particles, especially high-energy rays like Gamma rays and X-rays, as the smaller one moved right into the jet's path. This will have substantial effect on the small galaxy but it need not be a negative one. This may also result in formation of large number of stars in the smaller galaxy due to the huge influx of energy.

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