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<div><font size="+1" color="#000000">Astronomers have detected a big
boom in the distant universe that they believe may be the most
powerful explosion ever recorded. It's already got a nickname: 'BOAT,'
or the Brightest Of All Time.</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000">The explosion was a gamma-ray
burst that scientists believe was triggered by a supernova, or the
death of a star, that gave way to a black hole. The event, named GRB
221009A, was seen by the Gemini South telescope in Chile, operated by
the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab.</font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000">It occurred about 2.4 billion
light-years away and was first detected on the morning of October 9 by
several X-ray and gamma-ray space telescopes.</font></div>
<div><font size="+1"
color="#000000">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/968042</font></div
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