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An ‘old faithful’ active galaxy: Black hole rips away at star – Science Daily

Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful geyser regularly blasts a jet of boiling water high in the air. Now, an international team of astronomers has discovered…

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During a typical year, over a million people visit Yellowstone National Park, where the Old Faithful geyser regularly blasts a jet of boiling water high in the air. Now, an international team of astronomers has discovered a cosmic equivalent, a distant galaxy that erupts roughly every 114 days.Using data from facilities including NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the scientists have studied 20 repeated outbursts of an event called ASASSN-14ko….

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