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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

Astronomers stunned as black hole's 'burp' ejects material in never-before-seen event

Astronomers have been left stunned after spotting a black hole 'burping' out material three years after it devoured a star.

The rare cosmic event took place 665 million light years away, creating a bright display visible from space telescopes on Earth.

A more routine burst of activity had previously been picked up in 2018, when the black hole was seen swallowing up a smaller star and tearing it into small pieces in a Tidal Disruption Event (TDE) named AT2018hyz.

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