Astronomers Explain What Caused the Largest Cosmic Explosion Ever Seen
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It was only last October that telescopes spotted a gamma ray burst—caused by the collapse of a black hole—that was so powerful astronomers quickly dubbed it BOAT, for “Brightest of all Time.” That was a fair enough nickname for such a sensational emission—for a little while anyway. But BOAT has just been busted to second most powerful.
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