You Holes supermassive blacks are known to be massive objects that gobble up stars and spit cosmic debris all over the planet. universe. While studying data on the phenomenon, a group of astronomers identified a distinct signal indicating a distant supermassive black hole that was consuming a giant star.

Named ZTF20abrbeie – and nicknamed “Scary Barbie” – this supermassive black hole is brighter, more powerful and more extensive than any other starburst observed so far.

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According daily mailthe study was published in Letters from the Astrophysical Journaland indicates that the bright light from the black hole has been active for more than two years.

“If you take a typical supernova and multiply it a thousand times, we still don’t know how bright it is – and supernovae are some of the brightest objects in the sky. Now the phenomenon we found is the most energetic I’ve seen to date,'” said Danny Milisavljevic, a professor of physics and astronomy at Purdue University’s College of Science.

The phenomenon was detected using telescopes and equipment using machine learning analyze the data collected and compare them with the results of other observations, managing to identify transient events, such as asteroids or supernovae.

According to the researchers, such outbursts are extremely rare, being brighter than any other transient event astronomers have compared. The black hole has been burning for more than two years and shows no signs of stopping.

“Forces around a black hole, called tidal disturbances, pull apart other objects in a process called ‘spaghetification’,” the astronomers explain.

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