Extremely flat explosion dubbed 'the Cow' defies explanation

[admin]

A bizarre object called "the Cow" is the flattest explosion ever detected, and the first example of a rare phenomenon called a fast blue optical transient (FBOT).

Extremely flat explosion dubbed 'the Cow' defies explanation : Read more

 

[RinaP75]

I am a simple layman, for me it is like a collision of two unipolar objects -/+ +/- , as if you are pushing two magnets with the same pole against each other.