- A black hole carved a hole right through the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, which is located some 390 million miles from Earth.
- Astronomers believe the explosion is the largest ever observed, besting the previous record-holder by a factor of five.
- The discovery is the subject of a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal.
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The black hole that scientists believe sits at the center of the Milky Way galaxy doesn’t cause us much trouble here on Earth. As NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory recently discovered, the same can’t be said for the distant Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, a massive galaxy that is home to a very powerful black hole.
The cluster, which is located around 390 million light-years from Earth, was devastated when its beefy black hole caused a colossal explosion. The blast was so mighty that it actually blew a hole straight through the cluster, destroying countless stars and, presumably, planets, moons, and other objects in the process.
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