Get Me Off This Rockis a distant memory by now , but that does n’t mean we should n’t bring you word that one of space’smost mysterious phenomenais one step closer to being solve .
https://gizmodo.com/get-ready-humanity-because-space-is-a-freak-show-5238308
The enigma event was a “ firefly ” type solar flare some 2 billion unaccented long time away from Earth . The result occurred in the middle of a void . Nothing should have been there , and yet , there this flare was , lasting 100 daytime or so before fading out into void . That ’s about 80 days longer than a traditional super nova .
Today , however , astronomers might have an resolution : It was “ just ” your mediocre run - of - the - James Mill rogue “ free floating ” black hole eating a star that was , until said black hole devoured it , residing in a galaxy to dim to look at using existing technology .
Lucky for us , one of Hubble ’s new additions could assist us rule more “ Pyrophorus noctiluca ” in the void . The Wide Field Camera 3 , set up by member of the Atlantis crew earlier this month , might be able-bodied to determine if there was actually a host galaxy around the mysterious flash that was just too faint to see ( thereby making this one - of - a - kind solar flare a piece more common ) . [ New Scientist ]
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