SciShow Space: Astronomers Just Discovered the Biggest Explosion Ever

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Subject: Astronomy, Astronautics, Astrophysics
Content of the Lesson: Scientists just discovered the largest explosion ever detected, and it's thanks to the collaborative efforts of scientists from all over the world. SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, KatieMarie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Avi Yashchin, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/460/3/2752/2609439 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2002.01291.pdf https://www.space.com/biggest-cosmic-explosion-universe-discovery.html http://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/The_most_powerful_black_hole_eruption_in_the_Universe https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/record-breaking-explosion-by-black-hole-spotted.html https://phys.org/news/2020-02-earth-captures-mini-moon.html https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K20/K20DA4.html https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/pseudo-moons-orbit-earth/ https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.3781


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