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Record-Breaking Cosmic Burst Caused by Stellar-Mass Black Hole Shredding Its Companion

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Record-Breaking Cosmic Burst Caused by Stellar-Mass Black Hole Shredding Its Companion
This composite image features X-ray and optical data of the LFBOT event AT 2024wpp. Image credit: NASA / CXC / UC Berkeley / Nayana et al. / Legacy Survey / DECaLS / BASS / MzLS / SAO / P. Edmonds / N. Wolk.

Using data gathered by a suite of space- and ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered AT 2024wpp, the most luminous fast blue optical transient (LFBOT) ever observed.

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