Categories: Comparisons
An example of metaphor in public science discourse:
"What makes the gamma-ray burst … is feeding a newly-formed black hole matter at an extremely high rate…The process that gives rise to the production of this neutron-rich material is actually outflows from the disc that's feeding the black hole."
Prof. Brian Metzger
Prof. Brian Metzger (Department of Physics and Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University) was quoted in an article in Chemistry World: Tim Wogan (2022) How elements are made beyond the stars
Tags: black holes, gamma-rays
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