20 telescopes dazzled by 'cosmic monster' that transcends time by 8.5 billion years

One of the most powerful cosmic rays has been recorded in detail by Earth-based telescopes. This cosmic ray operates in all wavelengths and has helped us figure out the nature of a "cosmic monster" that traveled through space from the ancient world.

According to Sci-Tech Daily, a research team from Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) has discovered a rare ray of luminous energy, moving at nearly the speed of light, created by an extremely catastrophic event in the universe 8.5 billion years ago.

Across that great space-time, the energy source is so powerful that it still appears as an unusual flash of light to Earth's telescopes.

Picture 1 of 20 telescopes dazzled by 'cosmic monster' that transcends time by 8.5 billion years
An illustration of a TDE with a monster black hole spewing out a jet of energy - (Photo: Swinburne University of Technology).

More than 20 telescopes from the US, Australia, India, France, Chile. were mobilized to study the mysterious light source and determined that it was a TDE - a black hole swallowing a star event.

After its violent chomp on the unlucky star, the black hole released a powerful burp in the form of a jet. The high-energy jet of material blinded Earth's telescopes, even though its light had traveled 8.5 billion light years.

The event, dubbed AT2022cmc , is an unusual TDE and must have been spewed from an extremely rapidly rotating monster black hole.

"These observations help us explore extreme physics and energy that cannot be produced on Earth," said Professor Jeff Cooke, lead author of the study.

The study was recently published in the scientific journal Nature.

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