MIT Scientists Discover 18 New Tidal Disruption Events

Infrared Observations Reveal Previously Hidden Black Hole Activities Across Different Galaxy Types

MIT scientists have identified 18 new tidal disruption events (TDEs)—instances when a nearby star is tidally drawn into a black hole and ripped to shreds.
The detections more than double the number of known TDEs in the universe.
The researchers spotted these previously 'hidden' events by looking in an unconventional band: infrared.
The 18 new events occurred in different types of galaxies, scattered across the sky.
The findings also resolve a 'missing energy' problem. Physicists have theoretically predicted that TDEs should radiate more energy than what has been actually observed.