The biggest cosmic explosion on record has been detected – an event so powerful that it punched a dent the size of ⚡️15 Milky Ways⚡️ in the surrounding space. Even on a cosmic scale, that's a *big* dent!
Scientists' current working theory is that a massive plasma jet shooting out of a supermassive black hole in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster slammed into *something* and went boom [the technical term].
Thanks to Rebecca Hammond for the tip!
Originally posted on Facebook.