The most distant tidal disruption event with jets (IMAGE)
Caption
A black hole devours a star that has come too close. In very rare circumstances, this may also result in jets moving with almost the speed of light that generate light observed by our telescopes at many frequencies. AT2022cmc is the most distant such event recorded to date.
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Zwicky Transient Facility/R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)
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