Weather.com - 4/03/13, Agence France Presse
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European Space Agency's INTEGRAL satellite project reveals a black hole that had been slumbering for years chomping on a giant, low-mass object that had come too close.
Astrophysicists have witnessed the rare event of a black hole awakening from its slumber to snack on a planet-sized object in a galaxy 47 million light years away, the University of Geneva said Tuesday.
The observation made using the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL satellite project, revealed a black hole that had been slumbering for years chomping on a giant, low-mass object that had come too close.
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