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Giant Explosion Observed

Posted by michael on from the this-is-my-boomstick dept.

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. Hi. I'm Troy McClure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hi. I'm Troy McClure. You might remember me from my witty cameo appearances in such space detonation movies as "The Klumps 3: Spacefarts" and "Grand Moff Tarkin's Funniest Home Videos".

  2. Fabled WMD's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We know Saddam had no WMDs. The Kurdistan genocide was faked by right-wing news whores.