New York, March 29 (Ians) Space scientists have revealed a gamma-ray burst that occurs once in every 10,000 years and was 70 times brighter than any yet seen.
Gamma-ray bursts (Grb) are the most powerful class of explosions in the universe.
The Grb 221009A was first reported when NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory detected X-rays on October 9, 2022. While the source initially appeared to be located in the Milky Way galaxy, not far from the galactic centre, and data from Swift and NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope soon suggested it was much further away.
Observations from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope then pinpointed the burst to a much more distant galaxy that happened to be behind our own. Agrb 221009A created a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the Boat — the brightest of all time.
“Grb 221009A was likely...
Gamma-ray bursts (Grb) are the most powerful class of explosions in the universe.
The Grb 221009A was first reported when NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory detected X-rays on October 9, 2022. While the source initially appeared to be located in the Milky Way galaxy, not far from the galactic centre, and data from Swift and NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope soon suggested it was much further away.
Observations from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope then pinpointed the burst to a much more distant galaxy that happened to be behind our own. Agrb 221009A created a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the Boat — the brightest of all time.
“Grb 221009A was likely...
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- by News Bureau
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