June 26th, 2011 at 12:00AM

Sw 1644+57 Press!

An artist's impression of a star about to be consumed by a giant black hole. Scientists have detected a massive black hole consuming and ripping apart a star within the constellation of Draco

Lots of great press on this suspected “Tidal Disruption Event” - A star getting torn apart by a black hole.

National Geographic

Reuters

NPR Science Friday (Audio)

Here are our papers on the event:

Data Paper: An extremely luminous panchromatic outburst from the nucleus of a distant galaxy

Interpretation Paper: A relativistic jetted outburst from a massive black hole fed by a tidally disrupted star