What makes for a realistic explosion in space? In 1976, when pyrotechnic artist Joe Viskocil blew up the Death Star, he noted that “No one has actually seen a space station or ship blown to ...
Back in 2022, astronomers were puzzled by a so-called “tidal disruption event” (TDE), dubbed AT2018hyz, that had faded when it was first noticed three years earlier, only to unexpectedly reanimate and ...