Astrosat, Nasa observatories find how black hole’s stellar debris disk bombards orbiting object

Astrosat, Nasa observatories find how black hole’s stellar debris disk bombards orbiting object

BENGALURU: India’s AstroSat, Nasa’s space observatories, and other international telescopes have captured a dramatic cosmic event involving a massive black hole and stellar wreckage. The discovery provides valuable insights into two previously mysterious phenomena: tidal disruption events (TDEs) and quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs).“A massive black hole has torn apart one star and is using that stellar … Read more

NASA: Unveiling TDEs: How a supermassive black hole consumed a star 9 billion light-years away

NASA: Unveiling TDEs: How a supermassive black hole consumed a star 9 billion light-years away

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole, located 9 billion light-years away, amid a cosmic feast as it devours one of the largest stars ever observed in a ‘tidal disruption event’ (TDE). This rare phenomenon, designated AT2023vto, is marked by the black hole shredding a star roughly nine times the mass of our Sun and … Read more