Astronomers spot brightest black hole flare, emits power of 10 trillion suns
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Astronomers have spotted the brightest black hole flare that emitted the power of 10 trillion suns.
It's also the most distant flare of this type ever detected.
The flare came from a supermassive black hole that’s 10 billion light years away.
The flare was discovered using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF).
The flare erupted from the supermassive black hole at the heart of an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) designated J2245+3743.
This flare came from something called a “Tidal Disruption Event”. This occurs when a star wanders too close to a black hole and gets torn apart by its immense gravity.
The discovery also allows scientists to probe the interaction of supermassive black holes with their environments early in the universe.
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