By Dean Murray

Space scientists have released jaw-dropping visuals of a black hole eating a star.

Astronomers were puzzled after a record-breaking cosmic event saw the longest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever observed.

Discovered on July 2, it has been described by Rutgers University as "one of the universe’s strangest explosions."

While most GRBs last only a minute, this one continued for days, and astronomers have been poring over a flood of data from NASA satellites and other facilities as they try to work out what was responsible.

NASA reported Monday, Dec. 8, that researchers have been discussing their findings and agree that the unprecedented burst , named GRB 250702B, likely heralds a new kind of stellar explosion.

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