Astronomers have uncovered the source of mysterious powerful explosions in space – UNIAN
At first it was thought that it might have been a supernova.
Astronomers have discovered a very fast and bright explosion in a dwarf galaxy 500 million light years from Earth. Until now, the origin of this phenomenon remained a mystery, but now scientists have an idea what it was.
According to a study in The Astrophysical Journal cited by Phys, such an explosion could occur when an intermediate-mass black hole engulfs a nearby star.
It is noted that the explosion, which was given the name CSS161010, reached the brightness limit in just 4 days, and then the level decreased significantly in only 2.5 days. To date, astronomers have recorded only 12 such mysterious cosmic explosions. The new data from CSS161010 surprised scientists, because in other…
