mo4ch:>Scientists detect biggest explosion since Big Bang | Mo4ch News

28 February 2020 Image copyrightChandra X-ray ObservatoryImage captionImages of the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster appear to confirm the explosionScientists have detected evidence for a colossal explosion in space - five times bigger than anything observed before.The huge release of energy is thought to have emanated from a supermassive black hole some 390 million light years from Earth.The eruption is said to have left a giant dent in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster.Researchers reported their findings in The Astrophysical Journal.They had long thought there was something strange about Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, which is a giant aggregation containing thousands of individual galaxies intermingled with hot gas and dark matter. X-ray telescopes had spied a curious curved edge to it. The speculation was that this might be the wall of a cavity that had been sculpted in its gas by emissions from a central black hole.Black holes are famous for gorging on infalling matter, but they will also expel prodi…