Ultrahot, ultrafast explosion has astronomers puzzled
Nov 25, 2021
2 minutes
WORDS BRANDON SPECKTOR
n October 2020, astronomers detected an enormous, ancient explosion tearing through a galaxy several billion light years from Earth. The blast appeared out of nowhere, reached peak brightness within a few days and then rapidly vanished again within a month, indicating that an
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