News Brief: Latest supernova is also super-brightest
It was powered by light equaling billions of suns
![This illustration shows what the exploding star that was detected on June 14 might have looked like. It is the most powerful supernova ever seen.](https://www.snexplores.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ticker_SN_2006gy_NASA_illustration.jpg)
This illustration shows what the exploding star that was detected on June 14 might have looked like. It is the most powerful supernova ever seen.
M. WEISS, CXC, NASA