NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory observed an 'orphan' black hole shredding a star far outside its galaxy's core, marking the first such event seen so far from a galaxy's center.
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- Science News - Astrophysics Science Division (science.gsfc.nasa.gov)
- https://earthsky.org/space/wandering-black-hole-shredding-a-star-outskirts-galaxy/ (earthsky.org)
- https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae77f3 (iopscience.iop.org)
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