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Giant Explosion Observed

KFZ Versicherung writes "Space.com is reporting on the largest explosion ever seen in space. The outburst is orchestrated by a supermassive black hole that anchors a distant galaxy sitting amid a tight cluster of galaxies. The black hole has blown two huge bubbles into the galaxy, shoving aside a colossal amount of gas equal to the mass of a trillion Suns, or more than all the stars of our own Milky Way Galaxy."

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  1. Correction? by Tylerious · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "A light-year -- the distance light travels in one year -- is a measure of time, too, so the galaxy is more modern than many, seen as it existed well after the bulk of galaxy formation had taken place throughout the cosmos." That's dumbing down science. Just explain off spacetime by saying a lightyear is a measure of time. *watches the world slowly evolve into a slug*

  2. Re:I know that these days, children are everything by TFGeditor · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I agree...I was going for Funny.

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