Astronomers just traced a wild cosmic explosion—called a Fast X-ray Transient (FXT)—all the way back 12 billion years! Thanks to the new Einstein Probe, they caught this ultra-rare burst in real time and found it’s brighter than our sun’s entire lifetime. FXTs might be linked to gamma-ray bursts and the birth of black holes. This is literally the most distant event where we can see light escaping from around stars. Space is full of surprises! #Science #SpaceDiscovery #Astronomy