The Universe is full of explosions that both create and destroy.
The Chicxulub impact on the Yucatan peninsula, which may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, was two million times more powerful than the largest nuclear bomb ever detonated on Earth. But guess what? That’s only good enough for the very bottom of the Biggest Blasts top ten list.
This episode works its way up through supernova explosions and gamma ray bursts all the way to the blast that started it all – the Big Bang.
