Runaway black hole creating trail of new stars: scientists
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A huge black hole is tearing through space, leaving behind a 200,000-light-year-long trail of newborn stars, space scientists say.The supermassive monster -- likely born of a bizarre game of intergalactic billiards -- is rampaging through the blackness and plowing into gas clouds in its path. The incredible forces at play mean this gas is being forged into a contrail of new stars, which have been captured on camera by NASA's powerful Hubble Space Telescope. "We think we're seeing a wake behind the black hole where the gas cools and is able to form stars," said Pieter van Dokkum of Yale University."What we're seeing is the aftermath. Like the wake behind a ship, we're seeing the wake behind the black hole."Researchers believe gas is probably being blasted and warmed by the motion ...