Exploring the mysterious origins of the most extreme light flashes in the universe
Our universe shines bright with light across the electromagnetic spectrum. While most of this light comes from stars like our sun in galaxies like our own, we are often treated with brief and bright flashes that outshine entire galaxies themselves. Some of these brightest flashes are believed to be produced in cataclysmic events, such as the death of massive stars or the collision of two stellar corpses known as neutron stars. Researchers have long studied these bright flashes or “transients” to gain insight into the deaths and afterlives of stars and the evolution of our universe.
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