This illustration released by the journal Nature on shows an artist’s conception of the unusual gamma-ray transient Swift J164449.3+573451.
It shows the birth of a relativistic jet from a tidally disrupted star near the event horizon of a supermassive black hole.
This highly energetic event was serendipitously beamed towards the Earth. A black hole described as a "cosmic monster" lurking at the heart of a galaxy has been recorded as it tore apart a star.
On March 25, NASA's Swift orbital telescope captured a surge of X-rays from deep space, disgorged by what was clearly an immensely powerful source.
Picture: AFP PHOTO / NATURE - AMADEO BACHAR
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