Scientists observe explosions more powerful than 50 million suns

Perth: An international team of researchers has observed explosions more powerful than five million suns in a nearby galaxy.

Researchers studied the Virgo cluster near our Milky Way galaxy, and observed a large amount of ejected gas. This emission is so massive that it would take light 20,000 years to travel from one edge to the other.

Lead author of the study, Dr. Adam Watts, from the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) at the University of Western Australia, said that the gas emission is caused by powerful explosions in the central region of the galaxy. Due to which large amount of hydrogen and heavy elements are expected to be released.

The volume of emitted gas is more than 50 million suns.

Dr. Adam Watts said that not much is known about the physics and properties of these emissions because they are so difficult to detect.

He said that this gas is rich in heavy elements. Including oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and other chemical elements.