🔬 Science 9h ago · Robert Lea

Black holes slamming into scorching stars may be causing mysterious blue flashes in the cosmos

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Black holes slamming into scorching stars may be causing mysterious blue flashes in the cosmos
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Powerful bright blue cosmic explosions called Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients could be caused when a black hole or neutron star slams into the universe's hottest class of star.

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