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Super-distant black hole is eating half a sun a year and blasting its leftovers at Earth

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Astronomers have made the most distant observation of a black hole ripping apart a star and feasting upon it, thanks to a jet of stellar “leftovers” blasted directly towards Earth. Because the jet is directed straight at Earth, the violent destruction of the star by this black hole, which astronomers call a tidal disruption event …

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The Andromeda galaxy, which may have been growing by cannibalizing smaller galaxies.

Galactic cannibal Andromeda feasts on smaller galaxies, cosmic leftovers reveal

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Andromeda, the Milky Way’s neighboring spiral galaxy, may be a cosmic cannibal that has been growing by chowing down on smaller galaxies. Astronomers reached this conclusion by observing a globular cluster of stars called the Dulais Structure, named after the Welsh term for “black stream,” which now dwells in Andromeda but seems to have originated …

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Big Brother 24 Nicole Taylor Eviction

Big Brother Recap: The Leftovers Serve Up Another Dramatic Eviction

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Someone call in Marie Kondo, because Big Brother‘s 24th season has gotten messy. To be clear, I say that with the utmost appreciation for mess: Big Brother has been stuck in a predictable, let’s-vote-with-the-house rut for many seasons, and it’s a delight to see the opposite situation playing out here. But between Kyle’s ill-advised showmance …

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