The black hole from a distant galaxy showed the researchers something that few thought was possible, but it reveals to us again how mysterious the universe is, and how much happens without us knowing. Researchers observed something that seemed unbelievable, namely a black hole that destroyed a star in strips before absorbing it completely, and the event was observed by telescopes around the world during this year.
The black hole that offered this show is 215 million years away from Earth, and this is the closest event of this kind recorded by scientists so far. They observed an explosion of light and energy at the moment the star was destroyed by the black hole, it being sectioned into "slices" of matter, like an onion, before being completely destroyed by the object so far away.
Black Hole: The Unbelievable Phenomenon Observed by Researchers
The black hole destroyed this star in a rather long period of time, six months being needed for the event to unfold completely, and at the end the scientists were left with an impressive image. AT219qiz is the name of this black hole, which could be observed much more easily by scientists after it destroyed the star, the strong lighting being the one that allowed to analyze it a little better than usual.
"The idea of a black hole 'sucking up' a nearby star seems like science fiction. But that's exactly what happens in a tidal disruption event. We were able to investigate in detail what happens when a star is eaten by such a monster. When a black hole devours a star, it can launch a powerful burst of material outward that obstructs our view.”
The black hole it threw matter into a vast area of the universe around it, and everything there was seriously affected by the power of the huge object in the universe that released all this energy. Scientists could see exactly how this black hole swallows the star nearby, a phenomenon extremely difficult to observe under other conditions, but the violence with which it occurred allowed to follow it closely, even at such a great distance.
The black hole that we are talking about now has not been followed by researchers through a phenomenon of this kind, but most likely we will find out others that will go through similar phenomena then.
