Black hole caught snacking on star far from host galaxy’s center

For the first time, astronomers have detected intense, fast-changing radio signals from a tidal disruption event, dubbed AT2024tvd, located outside its galaxy’s core. Now, astronomers are trying to understand what the black hole is doing 2,600 light-years from where they expected it to be, what its strange signals mean, and whether there are more off-kilterContinue reading “Black hole caught snacking on star far from host galaxy’s center”
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