Researchers stunned after detecting eerie blue flashes emerging from depths of cosmos

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Researchers have been left stunned after detecting eerie blue flashes emerging from the depths of space.The strange phenomena, known as Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients (LFBOTs), are among the rarest cosmic events ever recorded, with just 14 detected since they were first identified in 2018.These violent flashes can shine up to 100 times brighter than a typical supernova, yet unlike normal stellar explosions they reach peak brightness and vanish again within just days.They also remain an intense blue colour throughout, suggesting they stay extraordinarily hot from beginning to end.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Dr Anya Nugent from the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said the bizarre events are "unlike anything we have observed before."Now, scientists believe they may finally be closing in on what causes the unsettling cosmic bursts.Researchers think the eerie flashes could be triggered when ultradense objects such as black holes or neutron stars violently collide...

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