Scientists spotted an explosion so intense it defies explanation

[Mike Wehner]

• Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have detected an explosion that defies their expectations.
• The event was the collision of two neutron stars, or at least that's what astronomers first believed.
• Further research may be needed before we can understand what actually happened.

There are all kinds of interesting things happening in space at any given moment. Asteroids are colliding with planets, stars are being born while others are dying, and black holes are continuously slurping up anything that gets to close. It's rare, however, for astronomers to be surprised by an explosion in the cosmos, as we have a pretty good idea of what kind of blasts different objects produce.

So, when researchers scouring data from the Hubble Space Telescope took a look at a distant "kilonova" explosion and saw near-infrared radiation that was many times what it should be, they were left scratching their heads.

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