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Published online 19 September 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1122
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How they wonder what you are
The Hubble has caught an unprecedented celestial event in the act; but what act is it?
Astronomers are speculating over a mysterious burst of light detected by the Hubble Space Telescope.
The event, which bears only the name SCP 06F6, appeared in the telescope's field of view on 21 February 2006, brightened for around 100 days and then dimmed away to nothingness.
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