Scientists discover black hole spewing more energy than the Death Star

"A supermassive black hole with a case of 'cosmic indigestion' has been burping out the remains of a shredded star for four years, experts have discovered. Astronomers say the radio wave jet shooting out of the black hole is a contender for one of the brightest, most energetic things ever detected in the universe. Calculations suggest the current energy outflow is up to 100 trillion times that of the infamous super-powerful Death Star, from the Star Wars universe."

"Astrophysicists have documented plenty of incidents where a star gets too close to a black hole and is shredded by its gravitational field. But a black hole emitting this much energy so many years after chewing up a star is unprecedented. The team even predict the stream of radio waves belching from the cosmic entity will keep increasing exponentially before peaking next year."

"The process began in 2018, when a small star was ripped to shreds when it wandered too close to a black hole in a galaxy located 665 million light years from Earth. The 'tidal disruption event' (TDE) did not come as a surprise to astronomers, who occasionally witness these violent incidents while scanning the night sky. In this case, the gravitational tug of the black hole shredded the nearby star in a process called 'spaghettification'."

A supermassive black hole began shredding a small star in 2018 when the star wandered too close, producing a tidal disruption event in a galaxy 665 million light years away. The star underwent spaghettification as the black hole's gravity stretched and compressed it into long, thin shapes. Years after the encounter the black hole produced a powerful radio-wave jet whose energy output has risen sharply and is now about 50 times brighter than at initial detection. Calculations place the current energy outflow up to 100 trillion times that of the Death Star. Predictions indicate the radio emission will increase exponentially before peaking next year, and sustained, growing emission years after a tidal disruption is unprecedented.

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