"The physical size of the explosion is about 100 times larger than the entire solar system, and at its brightest, it was about 2 trillion times brighter than the Sun."

!!

Glad that didn't happen in our neighborhood.

I guess living in a backwater spiral arm has its advantages, even if we are far from major shipping lanes.

"It took place nearly 8 billion light years ago,[...]"

wat

<scrolling up to recheck source>: Royal Astronomical Society

???

They need some time (or space) to fix this typo.

This was just after the RAS made the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs.

Mixing units is fun and educational!

"It took place nearly 8 billion light years ago"

> Astronomers reveal

The scientism runs strong on HN.

Astronomers and other scientists are not a priestly class. They revealed nothing.