An international team of astronomers, led by the University of Birmingham scientists claim they have found a supernova named  SN2016aps that is brighter and more energetic than any earlier reported. Astronomers believe this rare event that was likely triggered by two massive stars that merged before the outburst. The team inspected the explosion for two years until it faded to 1% of its peak brightness. They estimated the mass of the supernova was between 50 to 100 times greater than our sun using these analyses. Astronomers believe that outburst that was more dynamic than usual may have helped to make it so intense.