This is a combined Hubble Space Telescope/Chandra X-Ray Observatory image of a distant galaxy that is host to the telltale signature of a roaming supermassive black hole. Both telescopes caught a tidal disruption event (TDE), an intense flash of radiation caused by the supermassive black hole eating a star. The TDE appears as an isolated blue-white point source of ultraviolet light, while the galaxy is colored orange in visible light. In addition, Chandra captured X-ray light as a blue haze that surrounds the TDE. Both Hubble and Chandra observations were combined to pinpoint the TDE's location, which is offset from the center of the galaxy, which appears as a bright orange-white blob.

This image shows visible wavelengths of light that have been translated into visible-light colors. The color key shows which [instrument] filters were used when collecting the light. The color of each filter name is the visible-light color used to represent the light that passes through that filter.