E254 - The Black Hole That Wandered: A Conversation with High Energy Astrophysicist Abdullah Ali Kahlaf
Published: August 16, 2026
Duration: 34:37
What happens when a black hole — a million times the mass of our Sun — goes rogue?
In this episode of Kalam Astro, we sit down with Abdullah Ali Kahlaf, Research Analyst at the High Energy Astrophysics Lab at the Sharjah Space and Astronomy Hub, to unpack one of the most jaw-dropping astronomical discoveries in recent memory: a wandering supermassive black hole, lurking 30,000 light-years away from the center of its own galaxy — that just devoured a star.
The result? A flare so violent, so blindingly powerful, it briefly shone brighter than 10 billion suns — outshining the entire galaxy a...