Hubble spots a black hole swallowing a Sun 100 million times the size of ours

12-May-2025

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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have detected a “Space Jaws”-a wandering supermassive black hole caught in the act of swallowing a sun 600 million light-years from Earth.

This rare cosmic event, known as a tidal disruption event (TDE) and designated AT2024tvd, unfolded not at the center of its galaxy, but surprisingly offset, revealing a previously hidden population of roaming black holes.

Theorists believe such wandering black holes may be remnants of past galaxy mergers or the result of gravitational “kicks” from interactions with other black holes. Their discovery opens new avenues for finding elusive black holes away from galactic centers.