“Star Trying to Swallow a Black Hole May Have Triggered a New Type of Supernova”

In 2023, astronomers recorded one of the most extraordinary space explosions they had ever seen.
It took place some 750 million light-years away, flaring into the detectors of the Zwicky Transient Facility on 7 July. At first, it looked just like a normal supernova – the explosive death of a star – and astronomers named it SN 2023zkd.








