'Whippet' black hole explosion becomes brightest stellar-collapse event ever recorded

An artist’s impression of the event. PIC COURTESY/NASA

A newly discovered event appears to show a black hole ripping apart a massive star, triggering an explosion so powerful that it surpassed every known stellar-collapse explosion ever recorded.

The event, officially named AT2024wpp and nicknamed the Whippet, briefly released as much energy as 400 billion Suns.

That makes it more powerful than a typical supernova and brighter than any previously seen explosion.

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