Astronomers detect ‘nearby’ black hole devouring a star
MIT astronomers have discovered a new ‘tidal disruption event,’ in which the center of a galaxy lights up as its supermassive black hole rips apart a passing star. The outburst is the closest tidal disruption event observed to date, and one of the first to be identified at infrared wavelengths.
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