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Ep. 782: Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients

Ep. 782: Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients

365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition vor 6 Monaten

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Streamed live on Feb 13, 2026.

Modern astronomy has found that the Universe can surprise us.
Here’s one which astronomers have called Luminous Fast Blue
Optical Transients. They’re kinda like supernovas, they’re kind
of like gamma ray bursts, but they’re not like them. So what are
they? In the distant Universe, are blue light flashes, bright and
hard to understand. These objects, uncreatively named "Luminous
Fast Blue Optical Transients," are just the kind of puzzle
astronomers love. In this episode, we look at their discovery and
our current understanding of what they might be.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, NSF’s NOIRLab, Mark Garlick, Mahdi
Zamani

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In this episode, we'd like to thank: Burry Gowen, Eric Lee,
Jeanette Wink, Michael Purcell, Andrew Poelstra, David, David
Rossetter, Ed, Gerhard Schwarzer, Jason Kwong, Joe McTee, Sergey
Manouilov, Siggi Kemmler, Sergio Sancevero