Picture shows a star ripped apart by tidal forces as it approaches a massive black hole, in an artistic composition. Scientists captured the first example of an extremely bright and rapidly evolving astronomical event in the distant universe.
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02 August 2022
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Scientists have discovered an ultra-bright phenomenon in the distant universe that could have come from a star destroyed by a black hole. The fleeting phenomenon evolves much faster than a supernova but is just as bright as the massive star explosion. This is according to the findings of an...