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A distant dead star, nicknamed "Tasmanian devil," unexpectedly flared with intense light. These bright flashes are similar to rare events called Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients (LFBOTs). The ...

Anna C. Lewis receives funding from The Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust and The Carnivore Conservancy. Tracey Rogers receives funding from Australian Research Council and The Winifred Violet ...

(CNN) — Space is full of extreme phenomena, but the “Tasmanian devil” may be one of the weirdest and rarest cosmic events ever observed. (CNN) — Space is full of extreme phenomena, but the “Tasmanian ...

(CNN) — Space is full of extreme phenomena, but the “Tasmanian devil” may be one of the weirdest and rarest cosmic events ever observed. Months after astronomers witnessed the explosion of a distant ...