NASA Observatory Detects Distant Wandering Black Hole Consuming Star

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Published: 2026-07-27
Category: science
Source: NASA
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NASA's Swift Observatory has observed a rare event: an "orphan" black hole shredding a star far from its galactic center. This marks the first detection of such a phenomenon in a galaxy's outskirts, offering new insights into the behavior and location of supermassive black holes.

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