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X-Rays Indicate Star Ripped Up by Black Hole
This illustration depicts a star being torn apart by a black hole, an event that generates powerful X-ray flares. The intense gravitational pull of a black hole stretches a passing star, causing some of its gas to fall in. This infalling gas heats up and emits a blast of X-rays, like those recently observed from the center of galaxy RX J1242-11. Such tidal disruption events provide clues about the black holes at galactic centers.
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In tropical astrology, 24 FEB 2004 falls under Pisces (♓). The sign's window runs from 02-19 through 03-20. Pisces holds the location of the spring equinox in the current astronomical era. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 24 FEB 2004.