01 Dec 2025
Curtin UniversityUniversity of GranadaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe University of SydneyUniversity of HertfordshireUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle PhysicsCentro Brasileiro de Pesquisas FísicasUniversidade de São Paulo
European Southern ObservatoryELTE Eötvös Loránd UniversityInternational Centre for Radio Astronomy ResearchKonkoly ObservatoryHUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth SciencesObservatorio NacionalMTA Centre of ExcellenceCentre for Astrophysics ResearchMCTIArtificial Intelligence for Physics Laboratory
European Southern ObservatoryELTE Eötvös Loránd UniversityInternational Centre for Radio Astronomy ResearchKonkoly ObservatoryHUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth SciencesObservatorio NacionalMTA Centre of ExcellenceCentre for Astrophysics ResearchMCTIArtificial Intelligence for Physics LaboratoryResearchers investigated AT2022zod, an extreme, short-lived optical flare in an elliptical galaxy, concluding it is likely a tidal disruption event caused by an intermediate-mass black hole (around 5.4 × 10⁵ to 1.3 × 10⁶ M⊙). This event potentially reveals an elusive off-nuclear massive black hole residing in an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy, informing future transient surveys and black hole census efforts.
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