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The Strangest Explosion Astronomers Have Ever Seen Just Happened

2025-12-19 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the strangest explosion in space seen to date - a superkilonova Links: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2000/pdf 0:00 Superkilonova?! What's that? 1:50 Supernova vs Kilonova 4:05 Aug 2025 event that shocked astronomers 6:10 An even stranger observation - impossible neutron stars 9:35 Additional discoveries 10:45 Conclusions and implications #kilonova #supernova #superkilonova Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: CALTECH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyBjrmXNNmQ&t=15s ESO/E. Pian et al./S. Smartt & ePESSTO -https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1733j/ CC by 4.0 Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@wolfdun6455 2025-12-19

I don't know if you've noticed, but the study was published today. It's amazing the work Anton is doing.

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@mattsoreng3066 2025-12-19

Double BOOM BOOM! Is perfect

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@heyyouinthebush1266 2025-12-19

You were #3 in my 2025 recap. This particular wonderful person says thank you.

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@Sergeant_Ruthless 2025-12-19

We finally recieved the light from the Death Star explosion, from a galaxy far far away.

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@MyraSeavy 2025-12-19

Just want to say how much we appreciate you Anton! 😊❤

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@paulblase3955 2025-12-20

Well, this is how things progress: reality breaks our models and we have to revise them.

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@rebeccaa1356 2025-12-19

Its kinda crazy how things "just happened" then continue to "just happen" at the speed of light in a straight line until it hits our telescopes and "just happens" for us.

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@BlueSageJake 2025-12-20

I vote for pure coincidence and two separate events that only appear to be one single event.

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@Puddingskin01 2025-12-20

I had no idea about the Zwicky Transient Facility. Basically taking creeper shots of the universe every few days looking for something juicy.

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@Doctor_Al 2025-12-20

As a kid, a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I read about an ancient supernova that was visible from earth during daylight. I'm still waiting for another one.

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