Reply to post: Re: 3,8 billion years ago is a long time ago

Boffins baffled by record-smashing supernova that shouldn't exist

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Re: 3,8 billion years ago is a long time ago

The other possibility is that it was just beam focused towards us, same as with gamma-ray bursts which apparently are not omnidirectional because that would imply ludicrous amounts of wattage; they are just doing a lighthouse impressions.

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