{"id":215069,"date":"2025-01-14T16:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/this-is-why-this-supermassive-black-hole-flashed-twice-causing-a-rare-event\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:46:11","slug":"this-is-why-this-supermassive-black-hole-flashed-twice-causing-a-rare-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/this-is-why-this-supermassive-black-hole-flashed-twice-causing-a-rare-event\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Why This Supermassive Black Hole Flashed Twice Causing a Rare Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/i.gadgets360cdn.com\/large\/Black_Hole_1736586405336.jpg?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"This Is Why This Supermassive Black Hole Flashed Twice Causing a Rare Event\" title=\"This Is Why This Supermassive Black Hole Flashed Twice Causing a Rare Event\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Astronomers recently observed a rare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/cosmic\">cosmic<\/a> event where a supermassive black hole, located approximately 408 million light-years away, consumed one star from a binary system while the other narrowly escaped. This unusual phenomenon, known as a double-flash tidal disruption event (TDE), occurred in the galaxy WISEA J122045.05+493304.7. These powerful events, visible from billions of light-years away, typically involve a single flare, but the designated event ASASSN-22ci is notable for producing two flares, sparking interest in its origins and implications for black hole research.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-unique-event-observed\">A Unique Event Observed<\/h2>\n<p>According\u00a0to a <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2412.15326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> published in the pre-print journal arXiv, ASASSN-22ci was first detected in February 2022, appearing as a typical TDE. However, a second flare was observed 720 days later, making it one of the few documented instances of repeated TDEs.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers theorise this might have resulted from a process called Hills capture, where a supermassive black hole disrupts a binary star system. In such cases, one star is ejected at high velocity, while the other remains bound in an elongated orbit around the black hole, undergoing repeated tidal disruptions.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"investigating-the-black-hole-s-activity\">Investigating the Black Hole&#8217;s Activity<\/h2>\n<p>Data from ultraviolet and X-ray observations revealed the black hole responsible for ASASSN-22ci has an estimated mass of about three million times that of the sun. While the star involved in these flares likely has a mass similar to the Sun, it remains uncertain if it had a companion that escaped. Scientists believe the similarity between the two flares indicates that the same star might have been disrupted twice during its orbit.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"looking-ahead-to-2026\">Looking Ahead to 2026<\/h2>\n<p>Researchers predict a third flare could occur in early 2026 if the star survives another close encounter with the black hole. This anticipated event would provide astronomers with a rare opportunity to observe and study the earliest phases of a TDE in unprecedented detail, shedding light on the mechanics of black hole interactions with stars<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/science\/content-type\/rare-double-flash-tde-black-hole-consumes-star-in-binary-system-7449540#rss-gadgets-news\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronomers recently observed a rare cosmic event where a supermassive black hole, located approximately 408 million light-years away, consumed one star from a binary system while the other narrowly escaped. This unusual phenomenon, known as a double-flash tidal disruption event (TDE), occurred in the galaxy WISEA J122045.05+493304.7. 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