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For the first time, a wandering black hole has been caught tearing a star apart not in a galaxy’s center, but on its outskirts.
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For the first time, telescopes have witnessed a black hole tearing a star apart not in a galaxy’s center, but on its outskirts. It’s like finding a lion in a backyard instead of the savannah. These 'wandering' black holes could tell us how galaxies merge and supermassive monsters grow.
🎯 Wandering black holes can weigh as little as a million suns—a hundred times less than the monsters in galactic centers.
🎬 The scenario sounds like science fiction: a predator attacks in an unexpected place, like in Star Wars, but this time it's real.