Astronomers have confirmed that an "extraordinary flash" witnessed in the sky earlier this year was, actually, a star being ripped apart by a black hole. This video is an artist's illustration showing ...

An “extraordinary flash” seen in the sky earlier this year was caused by a distant star being “squeezed like a toothpaste tube” by a supermassive black hole, astronomers have said. In what experts ...

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