The name "Intermediate Luminosity Red Transients" or "ILRTs" might not be an astronomical term you are familiar with, but these rare, brightness-shifting stars have been quite the mystery in astronomical terms.
Now, a team of cosmic detectives, who have dubbed their work "A Study in Scarlett" after the Arthur Conan Doyle novel that first introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes, may have finally cracked the case.
