马里兰大学天文学家通过追踪一颗恒星的暴力死亡事件，首次发现了一个位于星系中心以外的休眠超大质量黑洞[1]。这个黑洞距离所在星系的中心约30000光年[1]，打破了超大质量黑洞只存在于星系核心的传统认识。研究团队利用人工智能程序分析来自ZTF（Zwicky瞬变设施）望远镜的海量观测数据，从2025年8月开始运行该程序，经过三个月后成功识别出这起潮汐瓦解事件[1]。该黑洞通过撕裂经过附近的恒星而暴露行迹[1]，其质量与银河系中心的超大质量黑洞相当[1]。
研究成果已于2026年7月27日发表在《天体物理学杂志通讯》上[1]。马里兰大学的研究人员Suvi Gezari表示："这将产生巨大影响。这意味着我们将发现许多更多流浪黑洞的例子"[1]。这一发现表明，类似的隐藏黑洞可能广泛分布在星系中，为黑洞的分布和形成提供了新的认识角度。
Astronomers at the University of Maryland have identified a dormant supermassive black hole located approximately 30,000 light-years from its galaxy's center, challenging the conventional understanding that such objects reside exclusively at galactic cores [1]. The discovery marks the first detection of an inactive supermassive black hole at such a great distance from a galactic center [1]. The black hole's mass is comparable to that of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way [1].
The hidden object revealed itself through a tidal disruption event—the violent tearing apart of a star that wandered too close to the black hole [1]. Researchers employed artificial intelligence algorithms to sift through vast datasets from the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), located at Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, and identified the event within three months of launching the AI program in August 2025 [1]. The findings were published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on July 27, 2026 [1].
According to researcher Suvi Gezari, the implications are substantial: "This will have a huge impact. It means we're going to find many more examples of wandering black holes" [1].