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Mysteriously bright flash is a black hole jet pointing straight toward Earth, astronomers say
Astronomers See a Star's Final Scream Into a Black Hole Halfway Across The Universe
Super-distant black hole is eating half a sun a year and blasting its leftovers at Earth
By Robert Lea
The Birth of a Relativistic Jet Following the Disruption of a Star by a Cosmological Black Hole
By Dheeraj Pasham, Muryel Guolo & Benjamin Gompertz
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Rare cosmic event beamed light at Earth from 8.5 billion light-years away
By Ashley Strickland
Supermassive black hole devours a star, blasts its remains at Earth
By Lawrence Richard
Mysteriously bright flash is a black hole jet pointing straight toward Earth, astronomers say
By Jennifer Chu
A very luminous jet from the disruption of a star by a massive black hole
By Shreya Anand, Armin Rest & Suvi Gezari