Supermassive black hole spotted devouring a star in closest proximity to Earth ever seen

Supermassive black hole spotted devouring a star in closest proximity to Earth ever seen

Daily Express - Science·2023-05-03 11:02

A supermassive black hole has been detected devouring a star in a galaxy just 137 million light-years from Earth — the closest such phenomena seen to date. The flash of light released as the unlucky star was pulled into the black hole was first detected by NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope back in 2014.

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