Scientists identified 18 new Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs), instances where a nearby black hole violently tears apart a neighboring star.
The powerful gravitational force of the black holes rips apart the star in its vicinity, resulting in a substantial release of energy across the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
The new catalog of TDEs was found by combing through the archival data of the satellite telescope NEOWISE. The team identified infrared patterns associated with these intense, transient bursts using a novel algorithm.
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