A newly discovered event appears to show a<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/webb-telescope-discovers-runaway-supermassive-black-hole-racing-through-space-23608384" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> black hole</a> 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.&nbsp;
That makes it more powerful than a typical supernova and brighter than any previously seen <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/remembering-1944-bombay-explosion-lesser-known-facts-about-the-explosions-23344164" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">explosion</a>.
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Astronomers say the newly discovered `Whippet` black hole event unleashed the brightest stellar-collapse explosion ever, outshining all known supernovae

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Astronomers have discovered a powerful cosmic event named AT2024wpp, or 'Whippet', in which a black hole appears to have torn apart a massive star, producing the brightest and most energetic stellar-collapse explosion ever observed

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

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