A Black hole ripped apart a star emitting flash equivalent to the light of more than 1000 trillion suns. This marked the first time such a jet was observed in the visible light region of the electromagnetic spectrum, also referred as the optical wavelength.
An unexpected burst of energy propelled out of the heart of a far-off galaxy, intense enough to be seen from 8.5 billion light-years away, was an occurrence not observed in more than a decade. The flash was initially discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility, a study of the entire night sky carried out from the Palomar Observatory in California. It produced a burst of light equivalent to more than 1,000 trillion suns.
"On Valentine’s Day this year, we found a source that was puzzling. It was just weird! " The principal author of one of two papers detailing the event, Igor Andreoni of the University of Maryland, told The Verge. "And weird is good in science. It means it’s something you can learn from."
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