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Scary Barbie : Recently Discovered Black Hole

Kumari Sonali

Scary Barbie : Recently Discovered Black Hole

Scientists named the recently discovered black hole “Scary Barbie,” after a beloved children’s character.

  • Scary Barbie is a supermassive black hole that is devouring a star with a thousand times the brightness of a supernova.
  • It was first observed in 2020 and named ZTF20abrbeie.
  • It is one of the most luminous, energetic, long-lasting transient objects in the sky.
  • It is also extremely far away and in a somewhat neglected corner of the sky.
  • The researchers discovered it using an AI engine called REFITT (Recommender Engine
    For Intelligent Transient Tracking).
  • The AI engine looks through observations from many different telescopes around the World.

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