Giant supernova in the sky smashes previous record, stuns scientists
Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 15:00
in Astronomy & Space
There’s breaking a record, and then there’s blowing it to smithereens. Astronomers using relatively small telescopes around the globe have spotted the brightest supernova ever seen, shining about 20 times brighter than the 100 billion stars in the entire Milky Way galaxy — or, put another way,...