Was that supermassive black hole in the process of tearing a star apart, or is it consuming matter as part of its routine?
When observing phenomena around a supermassive black hole, particularly one at the center of a galaxy, two intriguing events might be taking place. The first is known as a tidal disruption event (TDE), which occurs when a star comes too close to a black hole and is torn apart by the black hole’s immense gravitational […]