Shredded star reveals a massive black hole wandering far from its galaxy's center
Astronomers have discovered a star being torn apart by a massive black hole more than 1,000 parsecs from the center of its host galaxy in what is described as TDE 2023mfm. The event was first detected by ZTF and studied with various telescopes including Keck, Lick, Hubble, Swift, Chandra, XMM-Newton, and the VLA. Details are available in a paper posted to arXiv on September 28.
Astronomers have discovered a star being torn apart by a massive black hole more than 1,000 parsecs from the center of its host galaxy in what is described as TDE 2023mfm. The event was first detected by ZTF and studied with various telescopes including Keck, Lick, Hubble, Swift, Chandra, XMM-Newton, and the VLA. Details are available in a paper posted to arXiv on September 28.
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- Phys.org — Shredded star reveals a massive black hole wandering far from its galaxy's center
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