NASA’s Swift Sees ‘Wandering’ Mega Black Hole Shredding Star

NASA · July 27, 2026 · article

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy. These phenomena are rare to begin with, and none had ever before been seen so far outside of a galaxy’s core. “We were looking for these star-shredding events as a way […]— NASA

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