Black hole caught SHREDDING a star 'just' 290 million light years away

Astronomers at the University of Maryland, observed the event, which is the closest tidal disruption discovered in about a decade.

Scientists drag light by slowing it to speed of sound

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have, for the first time, been able to drag light by slowing it down to the speed of sound and sending it through a rotating crystal.