October 6, 2023

AT2023fhn as seen by Hubble

An article being published in the journal “Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society” reports the observation of a Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT), a rare type of cosmic explosion of still uncertain nature which was cataloged as AT2023fhn. A team of researchers used various telescopes to try to study one of the few phenomena of this type known so far but this brought more questions than answers because its origin was found far from any galaxy.