A supermassive black hole violently tears apart a star and launches a relativistic jet towards Earth
Illustration of a Tidal Disturbance Event (TDE). Credit: Carl Knox – OzGrav, ARC Center of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Swinburne University of Technology Rare observation of a luminous jet spewed by a supermassive black hole Astronomers Discover Bright Optical Flare Caused By Dying Star’s Encounter With Supermassive black hole A black hole is a …