UH Astronomers Discover Biggest Explosion Since the Big Bang
June 05, 2025
June 05, 2025
MANOA, Hawaii, June 5 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release:
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UH astronomers discover biggest explosion since the Big Bang
A team at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has uncovered a dazzling new kind of cosmic explosion, more energetic than anything seen before. The team named these rare events "extreme nuclear transients" (ENTs), which occur when massive stars--at least three . . .
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UH astronomers discover biggest explosion since the Big Bang
A team at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has uncovered a dazzling new kind of cosmic explosion, more energetic than anything seen before. The team named these rare events "extreme nuclear transients" (ENTs), which occur when massive stars--at least three . . .