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\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3230\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=3230&#038;h=2160&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Six-panel illustration marked \"Artist's Concept.\" The upper left panel shows the silhouette of supermassive black that is adrift inside a galaxy. The middle upper panel shows a yellow star drifting near the black hole. The three following panels show the star being shredded in bright white concentric streamers followed by a white explosion. the bottom right panel is an external view of the galaxy showing a bright white star-like object that is the site if the explosion as viewed in X-rays and visible light.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 49%; object-position: 50% 49%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=3230&#038;h=2160&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 3230w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=300&#038;h=201&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=768&#038;h=514&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=685&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=1536&#038;h=1027&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=2048&#038;h=1370&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=400&#038;h=267&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=600&#038;h=401&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=900&#038;h=602&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=802&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=2000&#038;h=1337&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3230px) 100vw, 3230px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"padding-y-3 padding-x-3\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0\"><figcaption class=\"hds-caption maxw-mobile desktop:padding-x-3\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0 color-carbon-30\">\n<div><figcaption>This six-panel illustration of a tidal disruption event around a supermassive black hole shows the collision with a star followed by an explosion detected in X-ray as well as Hubble Space Telescope visible-light observations.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Credits: <\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Artwork: NASA, ESA, STScI, Ralf Crawford (STScI)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found \u201cSpace Jaws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lurking 600 million light-years away, within the inky black depths between stars, there is an invisible monster gulping down any wayward star that plummets toward it. The sneaky black hole betrayed its presence in a newly identified tidal disruption event (TDE) where a hapless star was ripped apart and swallowed in a spectacular burst of radiation. These disruption events are powerful probes of black hole physics, revealing the conditions necessary for launching jets and winds when a black hole is in the midst of consuming a star, and are seen as bright objects by telescopes.<\/p>\n<p>The new TDE, called AT2024tvd, allowed astronomers to pinpoint a wandering supermassive black hole using NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Hubble Space Telescope<\/a>, with similar supporting observations from NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/chandra\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Chandra X-Ray Observatory<\/a> and the NRAO <a href=\"https:\/\/public.nrao.edu\/telescopes\/vla\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Very Large Array<\/a> telescope that also showed that the black hole is offset from the center of the galaxy.<\/p>\n<p>The paper will be published in an upcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-wide\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=3230&#038;h=2160&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"3230\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=3230&#038;h=2160&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Six-panel illustration marked \"Artist's Concept.\" The upper left panel shows the silhouette of supermassive black hole that is adrift inside a galaxy. The middle upper panel shows a yellow star drifting near the black hole. The three following panels show the star being shredded in bright white concentric streamers followed by a white explosion. the bottom right panel is an external view of the galaxy showing a bright white star-like object that is the site if the explosion as viewed in X-rays and visible light.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=3230&#038;h=2160&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 3230w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=300&#038;h=201&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=768&#038;h=514&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=685&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=1536&#038;h=1027&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=2048&#038;h=1370&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=400&#038;h=267&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=600&#038;h=401&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=900&#038;h=602&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=802&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=2000&#038;h=1337&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3230px) 100vw, 3230px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This six-panel illustration of a tidal disruption event around a supermassive black hole shows the following: 1) A supermassive black hole is adrift inside a galaxy, its presence only detectable by gravitational lensing; 2) A wayward star gets swept up in the black hole\u2019s intense gravitational pull; 3) The star is stretched or \u201cspaghettified\u201d by gravitational tidal effects; 4) The star\u2019s remnants form a disk around the black hole; 5) There is a period of black hole accretion, pouring out radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum, from X-rays to radio wavelengths; and 6) The host galaxy, seen from afar, contains a bright flash of energy that is offset from the galaxy\u2019s nucleus, where an even more massive black hole dwells.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">Artwork: NASA, ESA, STScI, Ralf Crawford (STScI)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Surprisingly, this one million-solar-mass black hole doesn\u2019t reside exactly in the center of the host galaxy, where supermassive black holes are typically found, and actively gobble up surrounding material. Out of approximately 100 TDE events recorded by optical sky surveys so far, this is the first time an offset TDE has been identified. The rest are associated with the central black holes of galaxies.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, at the center of the host galaxy there is a different supermassive black hole weighing 100 million times the mass of the Sun. Hubble\u2019s optical precision shows the TDE was only 2,600 light-years from the more massive black hole at the galaxy\u2019s center. That\u2019s just one-tenth the distance between our Sun and the Milky Way\u2019s central supermassive black hole.<\/p>\n<p>This bigger black hole spews out energy as it accretes infalling gas, and it is categorized as an active galactic nucleus. Strangely, the two supermassive black holes co-exist in the same galaxy, but are not gravitationally bound to each other as a binary pair. The smaller black hole may eventually spiral into the galaxy\u2019s center to merge with the bigger black hole. But for now, it is too far separated to be gravitationally bound.<\/p>\n<p>A TDE happens when an infalling star is stretched or \u201cspaghettified\u201d by a black hole\u2019s immense gravitational tidal forces. The shredded stellar remnants are pulled into a circular orbit around the black hole. This generates shocks and outflows with high temperatures that can be seen in ultraviolet and visible light.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAT2024tvd is the first offset TDE captured by optical sky surveys, and it opens up the entire possibility of uncovering this elusive population of wandering black holes with future sky surveys,\u201d said lead study author Yuhan Yao of the University of California at Berkeley. \u201cRight now, theorists haven\u2019t given much attention to offset TDEs. \u201cI think this discovery will motivate scientists to look for more examples of this type of event.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-wide\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2506\" height=\"1718\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A fuzzy orange-yellow oval occupies the middle fourth of the image. It extends from 10 o\u2019clock to 4 o\u2019clock. A bright white spot is located within the oval but offset to the upper left from the core. An additional smaller, grainy, orange disk is located at lower right. A couple of additional orange points are in the frame. The background of space is black.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2506w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=300&#038;h=206&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=768&#038;h=527&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=1024&#038;h=702&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=1536&#038;h=1053&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=2048&#038;h=1404&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=400&#038;h=274&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=600&#038;h=411&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=900&#038;h=617&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=1200&#038;h=823&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=2000&#038;h=1371&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2506px) 100vw, 2506px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of distant galaxy that is host to the telltale signature of a roaming supermassive black hole.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">Science: NASA, ESA, STScI, Yuhan Yao (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Flash in the Night<\/h3>\n<p>The star-snacking black hole gave itself away when several ground-based sky survey telescopes observed a flare as bright as a supernova. But unlike a supernova, astronomers know that this came from a black hole snacking on a star because the flare was very hot, and showed broad emission lines of hydrogen, helium, carbon, nitrogen, and silicon. The Zwicky Transient Facility at Caltech\u2019s Palomar Observatory, with its 1.2-meter telescope that surveys the entire northern sky every two days, first observed the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTidal disruption events hold great promise for illuminating the presence of massive black holes that we would otherwise not be able to detect,\u201d said Ryan Chornock, associate adjunct professor at UC Berkeley and a member of the ZTF team. \u201cTheorists have predicted that a population of massive black holes located away from the centers of galaxies must exist, but now we can use TDEs to find them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The flare was seemingly offset from the center of a bright massive galaxy as cataloged by \u00a0Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System), the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey. To better determine that it was not at the galactic center, Yao\u2019s team used NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory to confirm that X-rays from the flare site were also offset.<\/p>\n<p>It took the resolving power of Hubble to settle any uncertainties. Hubble\u2019s sensitivity to ultraviolet light also allows it to pinpoint the location of the TDE, which is much bluer than the rest of the galaxy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-wide\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2506\" height=\"1718\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"This is a combined Hubble Space Telescope\/ Chandra X-Ray Observatory image of distant galaxy that is host to the telltale signature of a roaming supermassive black hole. Both telescopes caught a tidal disruption event (TDE), an intense flash of radiation caused by the supermassive black hole eating a star. The TDE appears as an isolated blue-white point source of ultraviolet light, while the galaxy is colored orange in visible light. In addition, X-Ray light is captured by Chandra as a purple haze surround the TDE. Both Hubble and Chandra observations were combined to pinpoint the TDE\u2019s location, which is offset from the center of the galaxy, which appears as a bright orange-white blob.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2506w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=300&#038;h=206&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=768&#038;h=527&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=1024&#038;h=702&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=1536&#038;h=1053&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=2048&#038;h=1404&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=400&#038;h=274&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=600&#038;h=411&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=900&#038;h=617&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=1200&#038;h=823&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=2000&#038;h=1371&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2506px) 100vw, 2506px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This is a combined Hubble Space Telescope\/Chandra X-Ray Observatory image of a distant galaxy that is host to the telltale signature of a roaming supermassive black hole. Both telescopes caught a tidal disruption event (TDE) caused by the black hole eating a star.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">Science: NASA, ESA, STScI, Yuhan Yao (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Origin Unknown<\/h3>\n<p>The black hole responsible for the TDE is prowling inside the bulge of the massive galaxy. The black hole only becomes apparent every few tens of thousands of years when it \u201cburps\u201d from capturing a star, and then it goes quiet again until its next meal comes along.<\/p>\n<p>How did the black hole get off-center? Previous theoretical studies have shown that black holes can be ejected out of the centers of galaxies because of three-body interactions, where the lowest-mass member gets kicked out. This may be the case here, given the stealthy black hole\u2019s close proximity to the central black hole. \u201cIf the black hole went through a triple interaction with two other black holes in the galaxy\u2019s core, it can still remain bound to the galaxy, orbiting around the central region,\u201c said Yao.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative explanation is that the black hole is the surviving remnant of a smaller galaxy that merged with the host galaxy more than 1 billion years ago. If that is the case, the black hole might eventually spiral in to merge with the central active black hole sometime in the very far future. So at present, astronomers don\u2019t know if it\u2019s coming or going.<\/p>\n<p>Erica Hammerstein, another UC Berkeley postdoctoral researcher, scrutinized the Hubble images as part of the study, but did not find any evidence of a past galaxy merger. But she explained, \u201cThere is already good evidence that galaxy mergers enhance TDE rates, but the presence of a second black hole in AT2024tvd\u2019s host galaxy means that at some point in this galaxy\u2019s past, a merger must have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Specialized for different kinds of light, observatories like Hubble and Chandra work together to pinpoint and better understand fleeting events like these. Future telescopes that will also be optimized for capturing transient events like this one include the National Science Foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rubinobservatory.org\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vera C. Rubin Observatory<\/a> and NASA\u2019s upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/roman-space-telescope\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope<\/a>. They will provide more opportunities for follow-up Hubble observations to zero in on a transient\u2019s exact location.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explore More:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-wide nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module alignwide wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/science\/science-highlights\/monster-black-holes-are-everywhere\/\"  class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-false\" aria-label=\"Monster Black Holes are Everywhere\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Monster Black Holes are Everywhere<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-wide nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module alignwide wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/multimedia\/e-books\/hubble-focus-black-holes-into-the-vortex\/\"  class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-false\" aria-label=\"Hubble Focus: Black Holes \u2013 Into the Vortex e-Book\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Hubble Focus: Black Holes \u2013 Into the Vortex e-Book<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-wide nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module alignwide wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/science\/science-behind-the-discoveries\/hubble-black-holes\/\"  class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-false\" aria-label=\"Science Behind the Discoveries: Black Holes\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Science Behind the Discoveries: Black Holes<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-wide nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module alignwide wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/science\/universe-uncovered\/hubble-black-holes\/\"  class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-false\" aria-label=\"Hubble&#039;s Universe Uncovered: Black Holes\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Hubble&#8217;s Universe Uncovered: Black Holes<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating for over three decades and continues to make ground-breaking discoveries that shape our fundamental understanding of the universe. Hubble is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency). NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the telescope and mission operations. Lockheed Martin Space, based in Denver, also supports mission operations at Goddard. 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The three following panels show the star being shredded in bright white concentric streamers followed by a white explosion. the bottom right panel is an external view of the galaxy showing a bright white star-like object that is the site if the explosion as viewed in X-rays and visible light.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 49% 47%; object-position: 49% 47%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=3230&#038;h=2160&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 3230w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=300&#038;h=201&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, 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https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=400&#038;h=267&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=600&#038;h=401&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=900&#038;h=602&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=802&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/Hubble_TDE_SixPanel_FullRes_Watermarked_STScI-01JTGZAPSZEJR9VKKDWXZQSYDT.jpg?w=2000&#038;h=1337&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3230px) 100vw, 3230px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-8 desktop:grid-col-10 padding-left-3 desktop:padding-left-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-36 margin-0\">Six panel illustration of Black Hole TDE AT2024tvd<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<p class=\"p-md margin-0 color-carbon-black-important\">This is a six-panel illustration of a tidal disruption event around a supermassive back hole.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 display-flex flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/?post_type=stma&#038;p=853452\"  aria-label=\"\" class=\"link-external-false\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                            <svg class=\"hds-featured-link-list-button margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path>\n                            <\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row padding-y-2 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important\">\n<div class=\"grid-row featured-link-list-row width-full flex-align-center\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 tablet:padding-right-3 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n<div class=\"width-full\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full ratio-1x1 radius-pill overflow-hidden\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2506\" height=\"1718\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A fuzzy orange-yellow oval occupies the middle fourth of the image. It extends from 10 ou2019clock to 4 ou2019clock. A bright white spot is located within the oval but offset to the upper left from the core. An additional smaller, grainy, orange disk is located at lower right. A couple of additional orange points are in the frame. The background of space is black.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2506w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=300&#038;h=206&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=768&#038;h=527&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=1024&#038;h=702&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=1536&#038;h=1053&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=2048&#038;h=1404&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=400&#038;h=274&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=600&#038;h=411&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=900&#038;h=617&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=1200&#038;h=823&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGXEAGDGE97NXQT77EBJ6FY.tif?w=2000&#038;h=1371&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2506px) 100vw, 2506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-8 desktop:grid-col-10 padding-left-3 desktop:padding-left-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-36 margin-0\">Black Hole TDE AT2024tvdu00a0<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<p class=\"p-md margin-0 color-carbon-black-important\">This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of a distant galaxy that is host to the telltale signature of a roaming supermassive black hole. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 display-flex flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/asset\/hubble\/black-hole-tde-at2024tvd\/\"  aria-label=\"Black Hole TDE AT2024tvdu00a0\" class=\"link-external-false\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                            <svg class=\"hds-featured-link-list-button margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path>\n                            <\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row padding-y-2 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important\">\n<div class=\"grid-row featured-link-list-row width-full flex-align-center\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 tablet:padding-right-3 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n<div class=\"width-full\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full ratio-1x1 radius-pill overflow-hidden\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2506\" height=\"1718\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"This is a combined Hubble Space Telescope\/ Chandra X-Ray Observatory image of distant galaxy that is host to the telltale signature of a roaming supermassive black hole. Both telescopes caught a tidal disruption event (TDE), an intense flash of radiation caused by the supermassive black hole eating a star. The TDE appears as an isolated blue-white point source of ultraviolet light, while the galaxy is colored orange in visible light. In addition, X-Ray light is captured by Chandra as a purple haze surround the TDE. Both Hubble and Chandra observations were combined to pinpoint the TDEu2019s location, which is offset from the center of the galaxy, which appears as a bright orange-white blob.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2506w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=300&#038;h=206&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=768&#038;h=527&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=1024&#038;h=702&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=1536&#038;h=1053&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=2048&#038;h=1404&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=400&#038;h=274&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=600&#038;h=411&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=900&#038;h=617&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=1200&#038;h=823&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGY5VA7H2XPGN3H1059N2X4.tif?w=2000&#038;h=1371&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2506px) 100vw, 2506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-8 desktop:grid-col-10 padding-left-3 desktop:padding-left-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-36 margin-0\">Black Hole TDE AT2024tvd (Hubble + Chandra)<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<p class=\"p-md margin-0 color-carbon-black-important\">This is a combined Hubble Space Telescope\/Chandra X-Ray Observatory image of a distant galaxy that is host to the telltale signature of a roaming supermassive black hole.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 display-flex flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/asset\/hubble\/black-hole-tde-at2024tvd-hubble-chandra\/\"  aria-label=\"Black Hole TDE AT2024tvd (Hubble + Chandra)\" class=\"link-external-false\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                            <svg class=\"hds-featured-link-list-button margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path>\n                            <\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row padding-y-2 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important\">\n<div class=\"grid-row featured-link-list-row width-full flex-align-center\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 tablet:padding-right-3 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n<div class=\"width-full\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full ratio-1x1 radius-pill overflow-hidden\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2506\" height=\"1718\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Image titled u201cAT2024tvd, HST WFC3 + Chandra X-ray Observatoryu201d at top left with compass arrows and color key at the bottom. Below the name, filters are listed: F275W in green, F625W in orange, and X-Ray in blue. These colors indicate the visible-light color is assigned to each filter. The TDE event takes up a majority of the view. The TDE appears as an isolated blue-white point source of ultraviolet light, while the galaxy is colored orange in visible light. In addition, X-Ray light is captured by Chandra as a purple haze surround the TDE.u00a0The length of the scale bar at bottom left is about a fifth of the total width. It is labeled 11,700 light-years and 4 arcseconds. At the bottom right are compass arrows indicating the orientation of the image on the sky. The east arrow points toward 9 ou2019clock. The north arrow points toward 12 ou2019clock.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=2506&#038;h=1718&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2506w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=300&#038;h=206&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=768&#038;h=527&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=1024&#038;h=702&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=1536&#038;h=1053&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=2048&#038;h=1404&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=400&#038;h=274&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=600&#038;h=411&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=900&#038;h=617&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=1200&#038;h=823&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTGYW63VD08QTGDJ2X0WEDV7.tif?w=2000&#038;h=1371&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2506px) 100vw, 2506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-8 desktop:grid-col-10 padding-left-3 desktop:padding-left-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-36 margin-0\">Black Hole TDE AT2024tvd Compass Image<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<p class=\"p-md margin-0 color-carbon-black-important\">This is a combined Hubble Space Telescope\/Chandra X-Ray Observatory image of a distant galaxy that is host to the telltale signature of a roaming supermassive black hole. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 display-flex flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/asset\/hubble\/black-hole-tde-at2024tvd-compass-image\/\"  aria-label=\"Black Hole TDE AT2024tvd Compass Image\" class=\"link-external-false\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                            <svg class=\"hds-featured-link-list-button margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path>\n                            <\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row padding-y-2 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important\">\n<div class=\"grid-row featured-link-list-row width-full flex-align-center\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 tablet:padding-right-3 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n<div class=\"width-full\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full ratio-1x1 radius-pill overflow-hidden\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTK6HX9T8G99AVRVYR22P7FX.png?w=1280&#038;h=720&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"This is a video animation of a tidal disruption event (TDE), an intense flash of radiation caused by the supermassive black hole eating a star. The video begins by zooming into a distant elliptical galaxy that is white located 600 million light-years away. We fly into a blizzard of stars inside the galaxy. We see the silhouette of a supermassive black hole that is only slightly visible due to the way it distorts light from background stars, through a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. A wayward star get swept up in the black holeu2019s intense gravitational pull. It is stretched like taffy and makes a white Spirograph pattern as it falls toward the black hole. There is and incredible burst of white radiation. See from afar, the TDE monetarily outshines the entire galaxy as a brilliant pinpoint of white light.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTK6HX9T8G99AVRVYR22P7FX.png?w=1280&#038;h=720&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1280w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTK6HX9T8G99AVRVYR22P7FX.png?w=300&#038;h=169&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTK6HX9T8G99AVRVYR22P7FX.png?w=768&#038;h=432&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTK6HX9T8G99AVRVYR22P7FX.png?w=1024&#038;h=576&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTK6HX9T8G99AVRVYR22P7FX.png?w=400&#038;h=225&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTK6HX9T8G99AVRVYR22P7FX.png?w=600&#038;h=338&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTK6HX9T8G99AVRVYR22P7FX.png?w=900&#038;h=506&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/hubble\/releases\/2025\/05\/STScI-01JTK6HX9T8G99AVRVYR22P7FX.png?w=1200&#038;h=675&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-8 desktop:grid-col-10 padding-left-3 desktop:padding-left-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-36 margin-0\">Black Hole Tidal Disruption Event<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<p class=\"p-md margin-0 color-carbon-black-important\">This is a video animation of a tidal disruption event (TDE), an intense flash of radiation caused by the supermassive black hole eating a star. The video begins by zooming into a galaxy located 600 million light-years away. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 display-flex flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/asset\/hubble\/black-hole-tidal-disruption-event\/\"  aria-label=\"Black Hole Tidal Disruption Event\" class=\"link-external-false\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                            <svg class=\"hds-featured-link-list-button margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path>\n                            <\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" 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line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Hubble Space Telescope<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important\">Since its 1990 launch, the Hubble Space Telescope has changed our fundamental understanding of the universe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1512\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hubble-space-telescope-hst-6.jpg?w=1512\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 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