Scientists are still unsure how the black hole could have been created, and how such a powerful blast might have been sent out
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Over a period of just 40 days astronomers watched as its corona absolutely plummeted in brightness before rising again to shine brighter than before
The “ultramassive black hole”, that’s literally a class of black hole, was discovered in 2018
This detection could even herald a new understanding of how massive stellar explosions called supernovas happen
The fastest human-made thing is NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, a spaceship sent to the Sun in August, 2018
A phenomenon out of control...
System could be 'tip of the iceberg' and many more could be waiting to be found, scientists say
The whole drama played out in flashes of X-ray radiation captured by telescopes on Earth
Astronomers captured the new evidence when the black hole was responsible for what NASA referred to as a "cosmic homicide"
"For every discovered source of this type, we know that there must be 100 similar"