Astronomers discover flattest explosion ever seen in space

Author: Udita Singhal

Date: 04.04.23

The explosion has been classified as a Fast Blue Optical Transient (FBOT), which is an extremely rare class of explosion that is much less common than other kinds.

The first bright FBOT was discovered in 2018 and was nicknamed the cow.

Including the explosion discovered in 2018, and the latest one, only a total of five FBOTs have been discovered

As per the University of Sheffield, this discovery was made completely by chance during an experiment

The researchers plan to conduct more surveys of such celestial outliers with the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile, hoping to discover more FBOTs to further understand them.