NASA's Swift Telescope Observes 'Wandering' Mega Black Hole Shredding Star

NASA's Swift telescope has observed a supermassive black hole, located at the edge of a galaxy, consuming a star. This marks the first detection of a dormant black hole so far from a galaxy's center, challenging previous assumptions that such black holes primarily reside in galactic cores. The finding, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on July 27, 2026, suggests that many more wandering black holes may be discovered, offering new insights into galaxy and black hole evolution.