The Brightest Gamma Ray Burst Ever Seen Came from a Collapsing Star
- Fri 12 Apr 2024 09:34:PM
After a journey lasting about two billion years, photons from an extremely energetic gamma-ray burst (GRB) struck the sensors on the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope on October 9th, 2022. The GRB lasted seven minutes but was visible for much longer. Even amateur astronomers spotted the powerful burst in visible …
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