Science Graphic of the Week: Dying Star Collapsing Into Black Hole Emits Corkscrew Light

For the first time ever, astronomers have detected circularly polarized light emitted from a dying star collapsing into a black hole. Above is an artist’s impression of the collapsing event, which is known as a gamma-ray burst. The circularly polarized light gives astronomers a good deal of information about the event that they might not […]

















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