Scientists Observe , 'Perfect' Explosion , That Defies Known Physics.
'The Independent' reports that scientists have spotted a "perfect" explosion in space that is likely the result of unknown physics.
Researchers have long sought to understand the nature of "kilonovae," huge explosions that occur when two neutron stars collide.
They are among the most powerful explosions in the universe and generate the most extreme physical conditions in the cosmos.
Those extreme conditions are capable of creating everything , from black holes to gold.
New research shows a massive explosion that is in fact a nearly perfect sphere and is completely symmetrical.
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No one expected the explosion to look like this.
It makes no sense that it is spherical, like a ball.
But our calculations clearly show that it is.
, Darach Watson, associate professor at the Niels Bohr Institute and second author on the study, via 'The Independent'.
This probably means that the theories and simulations of kilonovae that we have been considering over the past 25 years lack important physics.
, Darach Watson, associate professor at the Niels Bohr Institute and second author on the study, via 'The Independent'.
'The Independent' reports that the nature of these unknown physics remains unclear, and despite a number of possible explanations, no satisfactory answer has been found.
The new findings are taken from data on a kilonova that occurred 140 million light-years away, the first of its kind to be examined in detail.
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That data, collected in 2017, is still providing new and exciting insights to the scientists who continue to try and comprehend it
