"The cosmic flash is particularly interesting ... for time-domain high-energy astrophysics: Discovery of extragalactic fast X-ray transient XRT 200515, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical ...

Named XRT 200515, the X-ray flash ... "The cosmic flash is particularly interesting because of its unusual characteristics that are different to any of the other extragalactic FXTs that have ...

Now imagine doing that on a cosmic scale," said lead researcher ... time-domain high-energy astrophysics: Discovery of extragalactic fast X-ray transient XRT 200515’, published in the journal ...

Astrowatch.net: You've been awarded for the creation of the most sensitive X-ray surveys of the extragalactic universe. How much challenging was this research? Brandt: This research is very ...

A breakthrough study, enabled by supercomputing, is challenging known theoretical models by explaining how extragalactic cosmic fountains grow to cover colossal distances. The study has also ...