Hidden jet from a 'missing-link' black hole lights up the radio sky

Astronomers using the U.S.

National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) have detected an extraordinary burst of radio light from a rare cosmic event in which an intermediate-mass black hole tears apart a star, revealing what appears to be the off-axis afterglow of a powerful jet.

The research is published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. ...