Researchers said this event, called GRB 230906A, is likely in a stream of gas located about 4.7 billion light-years from Earth.

The oddly named black hole is firing out energy beams up to 100 trillion times more powerful than the fictional massive space station and super weapon.

Scientists say the best explanation for the longest gamma ray burst is that a black hole consumed a star, but they disagree on exactly how it happened.