An artist's impression of the events leading up to the supernova explosion of SN 2023zkd, which likely occurred when the star attempted to devour a nearby black hole. Here, the star's shape is distorted by the black hole's powerful gravity. (Image credit: Melissa Weiss/CfA)
Researchers may have found a new type of supernova after using artificial intelligence (AI) similar to Spotify to analyze the sky for unusual activity.
Artificial intelligence has uncovered evidence that a massive star may have exploded as it tried to devour a nearby black hole.
The explosion of the star, dubbed SN 2023zkd, was spotted in July 2023 by the Zwicky Transient Facility, a full-sky survey astronomy instrument at the Palomar Observatory in California. However, Zwicky didn’t spot the explosion by chance. In fact, it was pointed to the right spot by an algorithm designed to spot unusual activity in the night sky.
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