Competing theories on what caused AT2018cow "The Cow" to erupt [Archive]

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gary

12-01-2019, 10:29 AM

Press release here with video :-
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7314

Paper at arXiv "Swift spectra of AT2018cow: A White Dwarf Tidal Disruption Event?" by Kuin et. al -
https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.08492

multiweb

12-01-2019, 10:34 AM

:eyepop: I find it mind boggling that one event can outshine all the stars in a galaxy altogether. Just imagine the energy released in such a small area.