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Science / Fri, 10 Jul 2026 Mid-day

'Whippet' black hole event becomes brightest stellar-collapse explosion ever recorded

Astronomers have discovered a powerful cosmic event named AT2024wpp, or 'Whippet', in which a black hole appears to have torn apart a massive star, producing the brightest and most energetic stellar-collapse explosion ever observed

Astronomers have discovered a powerful cosmic event named AT2024wpp, or 'Whippet', in which a black hole appears to have torn apart a massive star, producing the brightest and most energetic stellar-collapse explosion ever observed

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