NASA, ESA, NSF's NOIRLab, Mark Garlick , Mahdi Zamani
- A blinding burst of blue light flashing from seemingly empty space is puzzling astronomers.
- Scientists had previously thought Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients were caused by dying stars.
- But this new flash's location is nowhere near where a dying star should be.
A bright flash of blue light appearing in the middle of seemingly empty space has scientists confused.