Do Supermassive Black Holes Play With Their Food?

July 22, 2025 Universe Today

Do Supermassive Black Holes Play With Their Food?
By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/P5gbt2C)

This illustration shows a star being stretched and torn apart by a supermassive black hole. Astronomers detected the flare from this event for the second time, posing a question to our understanding of tidal disruption events. Image Credit: Quasar Science Resources for ESA.

Lightning might not strike twice, but black holes apparently do. An international group of researchers led by Tel Aviv University astronomers observed a flare caused when a star falls onto a black hole and is destroyed.

July 23, 2025 at 12:18AM
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