Friday, 28 February 2020

Scientists detect biggest explosion since Big Bang

The blast came from a supermassive black hole in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster about 390 million light years from Earth.

The biggest explosion in the universe since the Big Bang has been discovered by astronomers.

The blast came from a supermassive black hole in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster about 390 million light years from Earth.

Scientists say it released five times more energy than anything witnessed before and left a giant dent in the galaxy cluster.

Professor Melanie Johnston-Hollitt, from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, said: "This is the most energetic outburst we have seen since the Big Bang.



Full story at Sky News

No comments:

Post a Comment