Black Hole Devours Star in Seconds, X-rays Reveal Cosmic 'Murder Mystery'

• Mysterious LFBOTs (Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients), previously thought to be supernovae, are now identified as Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs).
• The 'AT 2024wpp' signal, 1.1 billion light-years away, was the brightest LFBOT ever observed, revealing a black hole devouring a star.
• An intermediate-mass black hole, 100 times the Sun's mass, 'spaghettified' a massive Wolf-Rayet star, tearing it apart.
• The intense blue light and X-rays were generated when the star's debris collided with a pre-existing debris shell around the black hole.
• This discovery provides crucial insights into intermediate-mass black holes and how black holes grow by consuming stars.

Why It Matters: Mysterious LFBOTs are black holes 'spaghettifying' stars, revealing intermediate black hole growth.