#Supermassive Black Hole

Astronomers detect star being torn apart by a supermassive black hole

Using the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) system, on Feb. 22, 2023, the team detected a sudden surge in brightness followed by a rapid dimming in the galaxy NGC 3799, located about 160 million light-years from Earth.

Big Island telescope essential in discovery of the first extragalactic star candidate found near a supermassive black hole in Milky Way

Stars of various origins come together to form one galaxy. There may be stars born outside the Milky Way galaxy near our solar system.

Mauna Kea Observatories reveal black holes on collision course

“What this discovery gives is an insight into the dynamic, often violent early histories of galaxies,” a Keck Observatory scientist said.

Research Using Gemini Telescope Discovers Unexpected Supermassive Black Hole

Chung-Pei Ma of the University of California Berkeley led the international team of researchers and said the finding is unusual.