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Watts Up With That? by Charles Rotter 2/28/2020

Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since the Big Bang.

The blast came from a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy hundreds of millions of light-years away.

It released five times more energy than the previous record holder.

Professor Melanie Johnston-Hollitt, from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, said the event was extraordinarily energetic.

More: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/02/28/astronomers-detect-biggest-explosion-in-the-history-of-the-universe/