Astronomers Detect Black Hole Consuming Star in Unexpected Galactic Location

Astronomers have observed a black hole, one million times the Sun's mass, consuming a star 750 million light-years away at the edge of galaxy WISEA J014656.04-152214.7. This event, initially discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility in November 2025, produced light 10 billion times brighter than the Sun. The finding challenges the conventional understanding that supermassive black holes are exclusively located at galactic centers, offering new insights into their distribution.