Newly found supernova outshines Milky Way
By Associated Press in Cape Canaveral, Florida | China Daily | Updated: 2016-01-16 08:33
Astronomers have discovered the brightest star explosion ever, a super supernova that easily outshines the entire Milky Way.
An international team revealed "the most powerful supernova observed in human history" on Thursday in the journal Science.
The astronomers used a network of telescopes around the world to spot the record-breaking supernova last year.
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