These cosmic blasts outshine supernovas and no one knows what they are
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#779RQ)
Sky surveys keep catching a kind of cosmic explosion that astronomers can't explain. They call them fast blue optical transients, or FBOTs: blasts as luminous as a supernova, or brighter, but flaring and fading far faster, and glowing a distinctive blue. - Read the rest
The post These cosmic blasts outshine supernovas and no one knows what they are appeared first on Boing Boing.