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Rare cosmic event beamed light at Earth from 8.5 billion light-years away

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An incredibly bright flash that appeared in the night sky in February was the result of a star straying too close to a supermassive black hole, meeting its untimely end there as it was ripped to shreds.

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Rare cosmic event beamed light at Earth from 8.5 billion light-years away

1 year ago·Canada

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Rare cosmic event beamed light at Earth from 8.5 billion light-years away

A star that strayed too close to a supermassive black hole was ripped to shreds, releasing an incredibly bright flash that appeared in our night sky in February.

1 year ago·Atlanta, United States

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Rare cosmic event beamed light at Earth from 8.5 billion light-years away

By Ashley Strickland, CNN An incredibly bright flash that appeared in the night sky in February was the result of a star straying too close to a supermassive black hole, meeting its untimely end there as it was ripped to shreds. But the rare cosmic event actually occurred 8.5 billion light years away from Earth, when the universe was just a third of its current age — and it has created more questions than answers. The signal from the luminous ex…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Rare cosmic event beamed light at Earth from 8.5 billion light-years away

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Black hole eats a star 8.5 billion light years from here and spews out light as bright as 1,000 trillion suns

It is rare that astronomers witness a supermassive black hole devours a star. In February, this spectacular cosmic phenomenon appeared to have occurred 8.5 billion light years from our planet. The light beam associated with that meal had an intensity of no less than 1,000 trillion suns.

1 year ago·Kobbegem, Belgium

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Rare cosmic event beamed light at Earth from 8.5 billion light-years away

Astronomers have observed such violent events before, but this one is brighter than any previously discovered. It's also the most distant ever observed.

1 year ago·Sacramento, United States

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