Extraordinary cosmic blast in a distant galaxy puzzle scientists

[Willie Trombone]

Seeing that pic instantly reminded me of StarControl 2. Gotta go play through it again... /nostalgia

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/144/Star+Control+II.html

 

[DukeofHouse]

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/144/Star+Control+II.html

A betters...
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/ 1024*768 FTW!

 

[BLIXEMPIE]

The burst probably was caused by a star that was ripped apart after drifting too close to a supermassive black hole.

Plays "Muse"...

 

[grok]

More links from Bad Astronomy for those interested ..

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/b...-witnessed-a-star-torn-apart-by-a-black-hole/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/b...ar-torn-apart-by-a-black-hole-hubble-picture/