Largest Supernova Ever Seen Could Rewrite Physics of Stars

<p>An enormous supernova spotted by the Gaia satellite may be the most massive ever seen by astronomers. This tremendous eruption, a billion light years from Earth, could rewrite what we know about the deaths of the largest stars in the Universe.</p> <p>The star, called SN2016iet, erupted before plant or animal life had evolved on land, at a time when every continent was still huddled together into one massive supercontinent, Rodinia. Light from the event, racing toward Earth at nearly 300,000 kilometers per second (more than 186,000 miles every second), was first seen by the Gaia spacecraft on November 14, 2016.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/the-cosmic-companion/largest-supernova-ever-seen-could-rewrite-physics-of-stars-47e0fbc84a42"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>