Unprecedented Black Hole Jet Surges 50x Brighter in Rare TDE
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Astronomers report a rare tidal disruption event AT2018hyz producing a narrow, ultra-fast jet from a supermassive black hole 665 million light-years away. The jet is now 50x brighter than when first detected, with total energy up to 5e55 ergs and a predicted peak around 2027, challenging typical TDE models with a long-lived jet. Future observations, including with the SKA, will help uncover more such events.
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