Dying stars' cocoons might explain fast blue optical transients: First model that is fully consistent with all FBOT observations - Science Daily

Using a newly developed model, astrophysicists present a new theory to explain fast blue optical transients, a new class of transients that has boggled researchers since their discovery in 2018. In the new study, astrophysicists find that FBOTs could result f…

Ever since they were discovered in 2018, fast blue optical transients (FBOTs) have utterly surprised and completely confounded both observational and theoretical astrophysicists.So hot that they glow… [+5189 chars]

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