Mystery burst of energy in deep space could be ‘kilonova glow’ from colliding stars

‘SOMETHING new’ is releasing energy bursts in deep space, scientists say.

This mysterious cosmic event could be the result of two stars colliding into one another and generating an explosion, according to astronomers.

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Experts say that the intense burst, picked up by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, was similar to a sonic boom.

The celestial event occurred 130million light-years away from Earth.

According to astronomer Aprajita Hajela, the giant blast is likely either a black hole or a “kilonova glow” — both produced by a merger of two stars called a “kilonova.”

The last known neutron star merger happened in 2017, but the new mysterious X-ray could be the first detection of the “afterglow.”

After the kilonova explosion, debris from the two objects could have “blasted” into space, heating up its surrounding gas and stardust.

The aftermath of the collision would cause the cosmic event that scientists are seeing now and calling the “kilonova glow.”

Another explanation for the intense energy burst is a black hole that is sucking in matter from the explosion.

Whenever debris falls into the black hole, it could possibly be releasing energy.

Experts will determine what the cause of the blast is by examining the light, or radiation, that the reaction is emitting.

Neither of these scenarios has ever been observed before.

“The real reason I’m scientifically excited is because we might see something more from the plane,” astrophysicist Raffaella Margutti said to Beam Media.

“We might finally get some information about the new compact object.”