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This image provided by The Kavli Foundation on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 shows an artist’s impression of the superluminous supernova ASASSN-15lh as it would appear from an exoplanet located about 10,000 light-years away in the host galaxy of the supernova. On Thursday, astronomers announced the discovery of the brightest star explosion ever - easily outshining the entire Milky Way galaxy. (Jin Ma/Beijing Planetarium/The Kavli Foundation via AP)
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