Something really weird happened out in space, and astronomers are totally baffled. A strange cosmic explosion lit up the sky, and it might be a super-rare event where everything lined up perfectly — or it could be something completely new that no one’s ever seen before! It’s called EP240408a, and it was first spotted by the Einstein Probe, an X-ray space telescope, on April 8, 2024. At first, it looked like your typical gamma-ray burst, which usually blasts out insanely bright X-rays. But the more scientists looked, the more things didn’t add up. Now everyone’s wondering if we just witnessed something brand new in the universe! Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/: Gemini South: by International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Paredes, https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab-gemini-sunset-28/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gemini_South_in_sunset_(noirlab-gemini-sunset-28).jpg Blue Optical Transient: by NASA, ESA/Hubble, STScI, A. Chrimes (Radboud University), https://esahubble.org/images/heic2309c/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_image_of_a_Luminous_Fast_Blue_Optical_Transient_(LFBOT)_-_annotated_(heic2309c).tiff?page=1 Sirius: by Pablo Carlos Budassi, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sirius.png Tde-simulation: by Danieljamesprice, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tde-simulation.jpg Survey camera: by DOE/FNAL/DECam/R. Hahn/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2118c/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dark_Energy_Survey_camera_(DECam)_(noirlab2118c).tiff CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/: Einstein Probe: by China News Service, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_Probe_illustration.png Antennas at Narrabri: by John Masterson, CSIRO, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CSIRO_ScienceImage_3881_Five_Antennas_at_Narrabri.jpg FBOTvsGRBvsSN: by Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF, https://public.nrao.edu/news/new-class-cosmic-explosions/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FBOTvsGRBvsSN.jpg telesopes near Datil: by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VLA_(Very_Large_Array)_radio_telesopes_near_Datil,_New_Mexico_(7334023798).jpg Einstein Probe Transient: by The Astrophysical Journal Letters, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ada7f5#apjlada7f5f2 What Are Gamma-ray Bursts?: by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14738#media_group_376792 Wavelengths of Light: by NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI), https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01F8GFCZKYPF3XJ2MTZ2N4ZQ6D Black Hole Accretion: by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Jeremy Schnittman, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13326#media_group_322603 Isolated Black Hole: by NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC), https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14620#media_group_374803 Black Hole Devouring A Star: by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10807/#media_group_351451 Animation is created by Bright Side. —————————————————————————————- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightplanet/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me —————————————————————————————- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.
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