The black hole flare, as the phenomenon is known, is thought to be the biggest and most distant ever recorded --- it was detected from 10 billion light-years away.

"This is really a one-in-a-million object," said Matthew Graham, a research professor of astronomy at the California Institute of Technology and the lead author of the study, which was published Tuesday in the journal Nature Astronomy.

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And how large a volume did that just sterilize of all potential life?

[–] magiccupcake@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

The universe was only 3 billion years old at the time, and that time period is very anti-life for the universe.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wonder if any highly intelligent life has experienced a rogue black hole taking out their planet directly getting sucked up, or indirectly with a stirring tour through their star system changing all the orbits enough to kill them.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

This is the thing of my nightmares. The movie Don't Look Up was a cautionary tale of what we can expect if anything that destructive is ever discovered.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, AMA.