ASASSN-15lh brightest known exploding star in the Universe

Pssh, naw - just some interstellar swamp gas.

My theory is God's semen is the energy of the universe. His Holy Penis must be worshiped.

To clear up where exactly ASASSN-15lh is located, as well as numerous other mysteries regarding it and its hyper-kinetic ilk, the research team has been granted valuable time this year on the Hubble Space Telescope. With Hubble, Dong and colleagues will obtain the most detailed views yet of the aftermath of ASASSN-15lh’s stunning explosion. Important insights into the true wellspring of its power should then come to light.

One of the best hypotheses is that superluminous supernovae’s stupendous energy comes from highly magnetised, rapidly spinning neutron stars called magnetars, which are the leftover, hyper-compressed cores of massive, exploded stars. But ASASSN-15lh is so potent that this compelling magnetar scenario just falls short of the required energies. Instead, ASASSN-15lh-esque supernovae might be triggered by the demise of incredibly massive stars that go beyond the top tier of masses most astronomers would speculate are even attainable.

The honest answer is at this point that we do not know what could be the power source for ASASSN-15lh,” said Dong. “ASASSN-15lh may lead to new thinking and new observations of the whole class of superluminous supernova, and we look forward to plenty more of both in the years ahead.”


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They just had to have a spokesperson named 'dong' to talk about the biggest star exploding in the universe. Fucking hell.