Astronomers Finally Crack the Mystery of Cosmic X-Ray Blasts

The mysterious cosmic explosion has been traced to a massive stellar explosion. A global team of astrophysicists, led by researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Leicester (England), may have identified the origin of fast X-ray transients (FXTs), mysterious, fleeting bursts of X-rays that have long puzzled astronomers. To investigate, the team used a [...]