Astronomers witness strange space "Cow" give birth to a black hole

In June 2018, a bright light burst into the skies over the Northern Hemisphere. At a glance it looked like any other supernova, but on closer inspection this thing turned out to be far weirder. Officially known as AT2018cow (but quickly nicknamed "The Cow"), astronomers now believe the ATLAS survey's twin telescopes in Hawaii captured an unprecedented look at the birth of a black hole or a neutron star.

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Category: Space

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• Astronomy
• Black hole
• Northwestern University
• Stars
• Supernova

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2TJiaXg