Cosmic Combine
Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT), scientists have witnessed a black hole more than 8.5 billion light years away gorging on a star - the farthest distance at which astronomers have ever observed such an event.In fact, they were only able to spot the grisly feeding in visible light because leftovers of the kill were ejected via a jet that happened to be pointed right at Earth, leading to the publication of two separate studies in the journals Nature and Nature Astronomy.
Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT), scientists have witnessed a black hole more than 8.5 billion light years away gorging on a star - the farthest distance at which astronomers have ever observed such an event.In fact, they were only able to spot the grisly feeding in visible light because leftovers of the kill were ejected via a jet that happened to be pointed right at Earth, leading to the publication of two separate studies in the journals Nature and Nature Astronomy.
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