# @uofnh on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BQVi79nBsmI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14885245-uofnh-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/3f65b02600.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-02-10T15:47:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** University of New Hampshire (@UofNH) — https://gondola.cc/UofNH

## Caption

#UNHSciFri: In a galaxy 1.8 billion light years away, a giant black hole ripped apart a nearby star and gorged on its remains for a record-setting ten years. #UNH researcher Dacheng Lin discovered the hungry black hole and published his findings in this week’s issue of Nature Astronomy. "We have witnessed a star’s spectacular and prolonged demise." Learn more at unh.edu/unhtoday. 📷 Credit: CXC/M. Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/UNH/D. Lin et al, Optical: CFHT.  #instaUNH #UNHResearch

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instaunh, unhresearch, unhscifri, unh

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