It’s hard to wrap your head around the fundamentals of a black hole. At one point, the resultant black hole flare was 30 times brighter than any similar scene on record, producing 10 trillion suns’ worth of light. Astronomers ultimately watched as the AGN’s energy flare brightened by a factor of 40. The black hole then begins siphoning the star’s energy as it begins its inescapable death spiral. A slow-mo black holeGiven all of the weirdness that accompanies a black hole, astronomers are technically watching the event play out in slow-motion.