By | December 12, 2016 11:29am ET
In 2015, the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) detected what was characterized as a “superluminous supernova,” the brightest ever detected. Further review of the event (known as ASASSN-15lh) using the Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories suggests that a supermassive black hole destroying a low-mass star was likely the culprit. [Full Story]
credit : Space.com / Artist Impression & Simulation: ESA/Hubble, ESO, M. Kornmesser, N. Stone, K. Hayasaki / Edited by @SteveSpaleta
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