Mystery Celestial Explosion More Powerful Than Typical Supernova

A recently discovered celestial inferno is about 200 times more powerful than a typical exploding star, or supernova, and 570 billion times brighter than our sun. It was first spotted in June by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae, nicknamed the "Assassin" project, so it's called ASASSN-15lh.

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				SpaceWatchtower: Mystery Celestial Explosion More Powe... The bright spot in the lower left is Supernova SN 1994D, which is a Type 1a supernova in the Galaxy NGC 4526. A recently discovered celestial explosion,

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