Record-Setting Black Hole Flash Dazzles Astronomers: “One-In-A-Million” Flare Blasts Light = 10 Trillion Suns
On Nov. 4, 2025 astronomers worldwide were abuzz: a supermassive black hole had produced the most luminous flare ever recorded. At its peak the outburst was “30 times brighter than any prior black hole flare,” equivalent to 10 trillion Sunsspace.com. This “superflare” came from a galaxy over 11 billion light-years away – meaning we see it as it happened more than 10 billion years agoreuters.comspace.com. In cosmic terms this was a spectacular event: “a one-in-a-million object” as Caltech’s Matthew Graham describestheriver973.iheart.com. Nature News confirms it as “the biggest black-hole outburst ever seen,” a fireworks show powered by a star being literally eaten alivenature.comspace.com.