If we could see it, the explosion is estimated to have an apparent magnitude of minus 16, which is around 200,000 times brighter than Jupiter appears in the night sky, the researchers wrote.

Instead, it may represent a rare new class of powerful cosmic explosion—a jetted tidal disruption event, which occurs when a supermassive black hole tears apart a star.

Not one, but two exploding stars are currently visible to the naked eye in the southern night sky, a cosmic coincidence that's "exceedingly rare" and may soon vanish from view entirely. On June 12 ...

Stargazing 'An exceedingly rare event': See a pair of nova explosions shining in the southern sky this week. News By Anthony Wood published July 3, 2025 ...