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NASA Discovers Rare Black Hole Event
NASA’s Swift Observatory captured a rare event where an orphan black hole shredded a star outside a galaxy's core. This phenomenon, previously unseen so far from the center, highlights the unpredictability of cosmic events.
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NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy. These phenomena are rare to begin with, and none had ever before been seen so far outside of a galaxy’s core. “We were looking for these star-shredding events
2026-07-27 16:06 UTC