#transient-astronomy

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fromBig Think
2 weeks ago

How far back in time can the naked eye see?

Observing distant astronomical objects means seeing them as they were in the past, from milliseconds to billions of years ago.
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fromBig Think
2 months ago

The "most distant explosion ever" turned out to be rocket debris

A transiting Earth-orbiting satellite, rather than an extragalactic explosion, caused the ultraviolet flash observed from GN-z11.
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