‘Biggest Booms Since The Big Bang’ Found As Black Holes Shred Stars

Astronomers spot biggest explosion in the universe since the Big Bang

Astronomers have seen a rare, extremely energetic explosion when massive stars wander too close to a supermassive black hole.

Astronomers discover most powerful cosmic explosions since the Big Bang

Astronomers discovered a new class of cosmic explosions known as "extreme nuclear transients" that are the most powerful phenomena known, aside from the Big Bang.

Astronomers Identify 'Extreme Nuclear Transients' 100 Times More Energetic than Supernovae

Astronomers have revealed the detection of extreme nuclear transients (ENT), a newly identified class of cosmic events that represent the most energetic explosions ever observed.  Researchers at the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) made the explosive discovery, witnessing enormous stars, each with masses at least three times that of the Sun, straying too close to the destructive pull of supermassive black holes. The result is…

‘Biggest Booms Since The Big Bang’ Found As Black Holes Shred Stars

Astronomers have announced the discovery of Extreme Nuclear Transients, slow-motion cosmic blasts brighter than 100 supernovae caused by massive stars near black holes.

A new type of extremely rare explosion has been discovered—it is a baffling twenty-five times more energetic than the most energetic supernova known

Astronomers detect most powerful explosions since Big Bang

At any given time across the universe, massive cosmic bodies are releasing incomprehensible amounts of energy. Stars burn like celestial nuclear fusion reactors, quasars emit thousands of times the luminosity of the Milky Way galaxy, and asteroids slam into planets. But all of these pale in comparison to a new class of events discovered by researchers at the University of Hawai’i’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA). According to their findings publi…