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January 19, 2016

ASASSN-15LH: Astronomers Have Found the Brightest Supernova Yet

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The record-breaking supernova ASASSN-15lh as it would appear from an exoplanet about 10,000 light-years away.
Picked up by a night-sky survey, the explosion happened 3.8 billion light years from Earth.
At that distance, the blast was 22,700 times dimmer than the faintest objects a human can see with the naked eye. But the far-flung supernova was so powerful that astronomers calculate if it had happened at the distance of the famed "dog star" Sirius, just 8 light-years away, it would have been as bright as the sun. -- Smithsonian

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If it were 'only' 8 light years away it would be as bright as the sun ... and we would all be dead.

Posted by: Brett_McS [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 19, 2016 9:43 PM

Buy stock in good sunscreen and Arctic properties.

Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 20, 2016 11:17 AM

More Astronomy News:

"Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto" By Eric Hand on Jan. 20, 2016

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/feature-astronomers-say-neptune-sized-planet-lurks-unseen-solar-system

Posted by: Fat Man [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 20, 2016 11:36 AM

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