NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy. These phenomena are rare to begin with, and none had ever before been seen so far outside of a galaxy’s core. “We were looking for these star-shredding events as a way […]
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Astrophysics, Black Holes, Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes, Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research, Goddard Space Flight Center, Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Science & Research, Supermassive Black Holes, The Universe
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July 27, 2026
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