{Suggested for the "Big Bang & Cosmology" Forum, or maybe the "Could Eta_Carinae explain this in small words" Forum
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From
Space.com:
quote:
Astronomers photographed a cosmic event this morning [May 9th] which they believe is the birth of a black hole, SPACE.com has learned.
A faint visible-light flash moments after a high-energy gamma-ray burst likely heralds the merger of two dense neutron stars to create a relatively low-mass black hole, said Neil Gehrels of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. It is the first time an optical counterpart to a very short-duration gamma-ray burst has ever been detected.
Gamma rays are the most energetic form of radiation on the electromagnetic spectrum, which also includes X-rays, light and radio waves.
The merger occurred 2.2 billion light-years away, so it actually took place 2.2 billion years ago and the light just reached Earth this morning.
More at the article.
Apart from being a rather cool bit of astromony, Most of the details are based on boring non-biblical science, so I would be fascinated to hear any Creationist takes on what just happened.
How do gamma bursts, neutron stars and black holes fit into Genesis?
Is this part of God's divine plan, or is He just being ineffable?