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Massive Black Hole Awakens, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away.<br/>'The Guardian' reports that astronomers have <br/>traced the mysterious brightening of a distant <br/>galaxy to the awakening of a massive black hole. .<br/>The black hole at the center of <br/>the remote star system is one million <br/>times more massive than our own sun. .<br/>At the end of 2019, decades of unremarkable observations <br/>of the the distant galaxy in the constellation Virgo <br/>changed when a dramatic surge in luminosity was detected. .<br/>This significant increase in brightness has persisted <br/>to this day, and researchers now believe that <br/>they are witnessing an event never seen before.<br/>We discovered this source at <br/>the moment it started to show <br/>these variations in luminosity. It’s the <br/>first time we’ve see this in real time, Dr Paula Sanchez-Saez, Staff astronomer at the European Southern Observatory headquarters in Garching, Germany, via 'The Guardian'.<br/>In 2019, when the Zwicky Transient Facility first recorded <br/>the sudden increase in brightness, scientists scrambled to <br/>understand more about the galaxy's unprecedented behavior.<br/>Observations revealed that the galaxy doubled in brightness <br/>in mid-infrared wavelengths, while ultraviolet <br/>brightness increased by four times and X-rays by ten. .<br/>Researchers say the most likely explanation would be the <br/>creation of an “active galactic nucleus,” which occurs when <br/>a black hole begins consuming the material surrounding it.<br/>The team believe the change could also be related to an <br/>exotic form of \