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# The power of the Sun
- URL: https://balaustine.mymagic.page/the-power-of-the-sun/
- Published: 2016-10-25T12:00:02.000Z
- Updated: 2016-10-25T12:00:02.000Z
- Description: It's only the hypernova that really harnesses the power of the Sun.
- Author: VM
- Tags: Uncategorized, hypernova, lumens, luminosity, NowThis Future, Sun, superluminous supernova, TNT, #Migrated-1787483357778, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 11:09

https://www.facebook.com/NowThisFuture/videos/1285188638188980/

This video was pretty cool until the end. "Harness the power of the Sun"? This torch emits 2,300 lumens from a battery that lasts 30 minutes. The Sun? About 98,000 lumens, equivalent to 100 billion megatonnes of TNT blowing up per second for 9 billion years. This is also a chance to marvel at the hypernova, a.k.a. the superluminous supernova: a few billion billion megatonnes of TNT per second, a.k.a. 10 million Suns blowing up per second. It's the hypernova that *actually* harnesses the power of the Sun.