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Astronomers saw what could be the most powerful supernova that ever detected.

The first time the explosion of the Star was in June 2015 was observed, but It is still radiating immense amounts of energy.

At its peak, the event was 200 times more powerful than a supernova typical, making it glow 570,000 million times the moment our sun bright.

The researchers believe that the explosion and ongoing activity have been fueled by a very dense object remaining, highly magnetized, or magnetar magnetar called.

This object , created when he started the supernova, probably not larger than a cosmopolitan city like London, and is likely to turn at a fantastic rate, perhaps a thousand times per second.

But probably it is also winding down and while doing so, he is releasing rotational energy to veil expanding gas and dust that is released in the explosion.

Professor Christofer Kochanek of Ohio State University, one of the team members he discovered the supernova, he says that “the idea is that the center of this thing is very compact. Probably the sun’s mass, and the mass of waste in energy is pulling five or six times the mass of our Sun, which expands outward at a rate of about 10,000 kilometers per second, “he said.

“The trick to making the supernova last long is keep pulling this crap energy expanding as much as you can. This is how most of your investment is obtained, “he said.

Fascination monstrous explosions

The superluminous supernova, as it is called, was detected at 3,800 million light years from Earth by All Sky Automated Survey for supernovae (ASAS-SN).

This telescope at Cerro Tololo, Chile, uses a series of Nikon lenses to sweep the sky for sudden glare.

Once detected, larger instruments are used to track and investigate these phenomena in more detail.

The intention of the ASAS-SN is better data different types of supernovae and where they occur in the cosmos.

For a long time astronomers have been fascinated by these monstrous explosions and have come to recognize how important they are to the story of how the universe has evolved.

Not only forge the heavier chemical elements in nature, but their shock waves disturb the space environment, stirring gas and dust from which the next generation of stars is formed.

The star of origin of this supernova had to have been colossal, perhaps about 60 to 100 times the mass of our sun.

And do not go away?

This type of stars begin to be very bulky but after many mass loose great winds that ejected into space.

So for the moment you end the life of this star, probably its size was greatly reduced.

“He had to have been very small at the time of his death, not much larger than Earth,” says Professor Kochanek.

“However, the area had to have been very hot, about 100,000 degrees. Basically I had to have eliminated all its hydrogen and helium, leaving only the material had to be burned in coal and oxygen. “

There are signs that the supernova must be about to disappear, and the coming weeks, the team in charge of the Hubble telescope should try to understand a little more the mechanisms that cause a supernova.

“It’s an explosion, and eventually all the explosions fade” recalls Kochanek.

“If it never goes away, then our interpretation of the event would have been wrong. On the other hand, if this interpretation is wrong, then you treat an even more unique item, so in a sense you might be perfectly happy with this alternative, “he said.