The Brightest Supernova EverThe Brightest Supernova Ever
<table align=right width=340> <tr> <td width=8></td> <td align=center> <p class=small><br />Artist’s illustration of supernova SN 2006gy<br /> Credit: Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss; X-ray: NASA/CXC/UC Berkeley/N.Smith et al.; IR: Lick/UC Berkeley/J.Bloom & C.Hansen</p></td> </tr> </table> <p>The brightest stellar explosion ever recorded