Holy cow! Mysterious blast studied with NASA telescopes
Friday, January 11, 2019 - 07:30
in Astronomy & Space
A brief and unusual flash spotted in the night sky on June 16, 2018, puzzled astronomers and astrophysicists across the globe. The event—called AT2018cow and nicknamed "the Cow" after the coincidental final letters in its official name—is unlike any celestial outburst ever seen before, prompting multiple theories about its source.