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Astrophysicists witness largest cosmic explosion in history

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Source: The Guardian
Astrophysicists witness largest cosmic explosion in history
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Scientists at Southampton University have discovered the largest explosion ever recorded in the cosmos, which they believe happened around 8bn years ago. The explosion, known as AT2021lwx, was caused by a giant gas cloud plummeting into a black hole, sending a shock 100 times the size of our solar system through the rest of the cloud. The discovery was accidental and only detectable from Earth due to the sheer magnitude of the explosion.

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