A tidal disruption was detected using multiple orbiting observatories by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) in Nov. 2014. The event occurred in galaxy PGC 043234 about 290 million light years away from Earth. The disruption was caused by a star orbiting too close to the galaxy’s black hole, and being caught in its tidal forces.
Credit: NASA/GSFC