"Unraveling the Mysteries of Cosmic Explosions: From Origins to New Discoveries"
TL;DR
The most powerful space explosion, known as BOAT, emitted the largest blast of gamma radiation ever recorded and gave rise to a black hole 2.4 billion light-years away. Despite its unprecedented strength, new findings reveal that the event was surprisingly ordinary in terms of the resulting supernova, challenging previous assumptions about the relationship between gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.
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