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Black holes: the key to understanding the universe

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At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes.

Today, across the universe, at the heart of every galaxy, and dotted throughout, mature black holes are creating chaos. And in a quiet part of the universe, the Swift satellite has picked up evidence of a gruesome death caused by one of these dark powers. High energy X-ray flares shooting out from deep within the Draco constellation are thought to be the dying cries of a white dwarf star being ripped apart by the intense tides of a supermassive black hole – heating it to millions of degrees as it is shredded at the event horizon.

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520 COX B

Publisher

New York : HarperCollins., 2022

Collation

280 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780062936714

Classification

500

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Edition

Ed. 1

Subject(s)

Astronomy
Space Sciences
Astrophysics

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Brian Cox

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