Astronomers have recently detected a black hole in an unusual part of its galaxy, tearing apart a nearby star.
4 Reviews ← exclude selected types ← exclude selected tagsWhile supermassive black holes are generally found at the centers of galaxies, some are located elsewhere.
And recently, astronomers have detected a bright flare at the edge of a galaxy, caused by a star that came too close to a black hole.
According to astronomers, this black hole has a mass one million times that of the Sun and is located about 750 million light-years from Earth, in the galaxy WISEA J014656.04-152214.7.
And according to Robert Stein, a research fellow at the University of Maryland, College Park and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, this was caused by a star being torn apart by the black hole:
Astronomers have recently detected a black hole in an unusual part of its galaxy, tearing apart a nearby star. But many questions remain regarding the origin of this celestial object, and further studies will be needed.
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While supermassive black holes are generally found at the centers of galaxies, some are located elsewhere. And recently, astronomers have detected a bright flare at the edge of a galaxy, caused by a star that came too close to a black hole.
This celestial object was first discovered in November 2025 by the ZTF (Zwicky Transient Facility). According to astronomers, this black hole has a mass one million times that of the Sun and is located about 750 million light-years from Earth, in the galaxy WISEA J014656.04-152214.7.
During this event, the emitted light was brighter than that of the host galaxy and was 10 billion times more powerful than sunlight. And according to Robert Stein, a research fellow at the University of Maryland, College Park and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, this was caused by a star being torn apart by the black hole:
