Black hole's fierce grip rends,
Star's blaze brightens sky—Whippet,
Helium's swift dance stays.
Star's blaze brightens sky—Whippet,
Helium's swift dance stays.
Astronomers have witnessed a black hole violently shredding a massive star, creating one of the most energetic stellar explosions ever observed. The event, nicknamed “the Whippet,” briefly released about 400 billion times the Sun’s energy and sent a shock wave racing outward at one-fifth the…