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:<br />CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/:<br />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<br />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<br />Sirius: by Pablo Carlos Budassi, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sirius.png<br />Tde-simulation: by Danieljamesprice, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tde-simulation.jpg<br />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<br />CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/:<br />Einstein Probe: by China News Service, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_Probe_illustration.png<br />Antennas at Narrabri: by John Masterson, CSIRO, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CSIRO_ScienceImage_3881_Five_Antennas_at_Narrabri.jpg<br />FBOTvsGRBvsSN: by Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF, https://public.nrao.edu/news/new-class-cosmic-explosions/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FBOTvsGRBvsSN.jpg<br />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<br />Einstein Probe Transient: by The Astrophysical Journal Letters, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ada7f5#apjlada7f5f2<br />What Are Gamma-ray Bursts?: by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14738#media_group_376792<br />Wavelengths of Light: by NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI), https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01F8GFCZKYPF3XJ2MTZ2N4ZQ6D<br />Black Hole Accretion: by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Jeremy Schnittman, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13326#media_group_322603<br />Isolated Black Hole: by NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC), https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14620#media_group_374803<br />Black Hole Devouring A Star: by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10807/#media_group_351451<br />Animation is created by Bright Side.<br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ <br /><br />Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV <br />Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz <br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />Our Social Media: <br />Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightplanet/ <br />Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official <br />TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en <br /><br />Stock materials (photos, footages and other): <br />https://www.depositphotos.com <br />https://www.shutterstock.com <br />https://www.eastnews.ru <br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me <br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />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.
