Our galaxy’s black hole is spewing out planet-size ‘spitballs’

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 12:31 in Astronomy & Space

Every few thousand years, an unlucky star wanders too close to the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The black hole’s powerful gravity rips the star apart, sending a long streamer of ... Read more

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