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Wandering supermassive black hole spotted devouring star | Astronomers capture rogue black hole shredding star 2,600 light-years from galaxy core


Astronomers have identified a supermassive black hole located on the outskirts of a galaxy 600 million light-years from Earth, where it was observed consuming a nearby star.

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