1,000 TRILUMINOUSLY brighter than a Sun: A supermassive black hole is “squeezing like a toothpaste tube” a star
A star being squeezed like a toothpaste tube’ by a supermassive black hole generated a mysteriously brilliant flash that emitted more light than 1,000 TRILLION suns, according to research. According to research, a mysteriously brilliant light in the sky was created by a supermassive black hole “squeezing like a toothpaste tube” a faraway star. When astronomers at the Zwicky Transient Facility in California discovered a flash in February that produced more light than a trillion suns, they were perplexed. A tidal disruption event (TDE), in which a star Travel s a bit too near to a black hole and is torn apart by its gravitational pull, is now the cause of the light, according to the research team. It is the brightest TDE ever seen from Earth and is being termed one of the most violent occurrences in the cosmos, with temperatures exceeding 54,000°F (30,000°C). The event, AT2022cmc, was the furthest TDE ever discovered and took place more than eight billion lig...