See How a Black Hole Disintegrates a Star [Photo]

See How a Black Hole Disintegrates a Star [Photo]

Tidal and gravitational forces do most of the work

On June 30, Clocks Will Get an Extra Second

On June 30, Clocks Will Get an Extra Second

Experts from the American space agency explain why

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 18th, 2012
Exoplanet Is Being Vaporized by Its Parent Star

Exoplanet Is Being Vaporized by Its Parent Star

The object appears to be turning into dust, scientists say

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 3rd, 2012
Black Hole Observed Eating a Helium-Rich Star

Black Hole Observed Eating a Helium-Rich Star

Astronomers produce the most direct evidence that this actually happens

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 30th, 2012
Giant Exoplanet Split into Two Earth-Sized Chunks

Giant Exoplanet Split into Two Earth-Sized Chunks

Its parent star was most likely responsible for this phenomenon

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 20th, 2012
Saturn's Tidal Influences Drive Enceladus' Geysers

Saturn's Tidal Influences Drive Enceladus' Geysers

The south pole fissures have fascinated astronomers for years

Tidal Forces Can Remove Water from Alien Worlds

Tidal Forces Can Remove Water from Alien Worlds

This phenomenon could turn them into Venus-like planets

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 9th, 2012
Our Galactic Black Hole Is Gobbling Up Asteroids

Our Galactic Black Hole Is Gobbling Up Asteroids

This may help explain why it occasionally flares up

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2011
Why the Moon Had a Magnetic Field

Why the Moon Had a Magnetic Field

Two science teams propose different explanations

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 15th, 2011
Milky Way's Shape Was Dictated by Galactic Collisions

Milky Way's Shape Was Dictated by Galactic Collisions

It consumed two dwarf galaxies over the last 2 billion years

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 30th, 2010
'Second Earth' May Have a Magnetosphere

'Second Earth' May Have a Magnetosphere

 
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