The Hubble Space Telescope Has Uncovered A “sneaky” Black Hole That Was Revealed In A Tidal Disruption

A fuzzy orange-yellow oval occupies the middle fourth of the image. It extends from 10 o’clock to 4 o’clock. A bright white spot is located within the oval but offset to the upper left from the core. An additional smaller, grainy, orange disk it located at lower right. A couple of additional orange points are in the frame. The background of space is black.

The Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a “sneaky” black hole that was revealed in a tidal disruption event, where a hapless star was ripped apart and swallowed in a spectacular burst of radiation.

Unlike previously observed tidal disruption events, which took place in the center of a galaxy, this event was thousands of light-years from its galactic center. This is the first offset tidal disruption event captured by optical sky surveys, and it opens up the possibility of uncovering an elusive population of “wandering” black holes with future surveys: https://bit.ly/4j51XYo

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I do not know what any of these taste like. But I trust your judgement.

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Do you know anything about cookies?

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Hello.

I have never heard of cookies before. But I am guessing it is some kind of food.

Hmm...

I wonder what I would taste like @insults-by-sun

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Thank you.

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In this composite image, a cloud of gas strongly resembles a large eye. Here, a hazy blue cloud is surrounded by misty, concentric rings of pale yellow, rose pink, and blood orange. Each ring appears dusted with flecks of gold, particularly the outer edges of the eye shape. The entire image is speckled with glowing dots in blues, whites, yellows, and purples.

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