Our miniscule existence on earth is not dangerous at all compared to events in the universe. We need to pay more attention to our wonderful safe place and keep it safe and clean for our children.
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Researchers have discovered the brightest and most powerful flare ever seen from a supermassive black hole. Located about 10 billion light-years away, this black hole, called “J2245+3743,” is estimated to have a mass of around 500 million Suns.
Around 2018, it suddenly brightened 40-fold and became 30 times brighter than any similar event ever observed. At its peak, the researchers explain, it shone with the power of 10 trillion Suns.
According to the team, this flare came from something called a “Tidal Disruption Event” (TDE). This occurs when a star wanders too close to a black hole and gets torn apart by its immense gravity.
The physics is complex, but you can imagine it like the star being stretched and shredded into a stream of gas. Part of that gas gets slingshotted away, while the rest spirals into the black hole, heating up and glowing extremely bright.