Unprecedented Brightness: Unique Features of Cosmic Explosions Observed.

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) captured data from the brightest supernova yet observed, known as the BOAT, providing new information on gamma-ray bursts. The data suggests that lower energy events are caused by the jets interacting with the turbulent debris of the supernova, while higher energy photons are produced in areas where the jets have cleared the supernova debris and are starting to interact with the material that formed the environment around the star. The BOAT was as bright as observed because the central core of its jet was pointed directly at Earth.