Celestial discovery: Astronomers watch a supermassive black hole awaken in real time
Briefly

Imagine you've been observing a distant galaxy for years, and it always seemed calm and inactive. Suddenly, its (core) starts showing dramatic changes in brightness, unlike any typical events we've seen before.
A number of celestial scenarios can cause a galaxy to suddenly brighten, such as supernova explosions or when stars draw too near to black holes, but SDSS1335+0728's brightness continues to increase over four years.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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