For almost a decade, scientists have been baffled by a series of mysterious blue flashes emerging from deep space. Since the first lit up astronomers' telescopes in 2018, only 14 of these strange ...

Blue flashes form in the same way as green flashes. However, the former is harder to spot because air molecules and aerosols scatter blue light, according to Spaceweather.com. When the atmosphere is ...

A flash in the middle of nowhere One of the most unsettling aspects of these blue bursts is where they appear. In several cases, the explosions seem to go off in regions of space that look empty, far ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

This collapse leads to a supernova explosion, leaving behind either a black hole or a neutron star.