Image: ESA/XMM-Newton/M. Rigoselli (INAF) The gamma-ray burst, affectionately dubbed ‘BOAT’ (Brightest of All Time), has been found to emit gamma-rays with energies reaching up to 13 ...

Here’s how it works. All eyes are on the source of the record-breaking gamma-ray burst that lit up the sky last week. On Oct. 9, a beam of light more energetic than astronomers had ever seen ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing j.thomson@newsweek.com. A huge surge of gamma-ray energy from space caused electric currents to flow through the surface of the Earth on October 9 ...

More information: Maia A. Williams et al, GRB 221009A: Discovery of an Exceptionally Rare Nearby and Energetic Gamma-Ray Burst, Astrophysical Journal Letters (2023). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/acbcd1 .

Dubbed the "brightest of all time," or the BOAT, a gamma-ray burst detected in 2022 continues to astound astronomers, revealing severe effects in Earth's atmosphere. When you purchase through ...

Scientists are taking a closer look at the afterglow left by the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, and what they see doesn't fit with any theoretical models. When you purchase through links ...

Before this research, scientists didn't recognize that some nearby gamma-ray bursts are also part of this massive structure. The finding is extraordinary because the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Jess by emailing j.thomson@newsweek.com. A massive gamma-ray burst spotted by scientists last year is possibly the most powerful ever detected in the ...

NASA has confirmed that on October 9, 2022, our solar system was struck by a gamma-ray burst originating 1.9 billion light-years away that was brighter than any since the beginning of human ...

On Oct. 9, 2022, the orbiting Swift and Fermi gamma-ray detectors observed the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) ever seen: GRB 221009A. Astronomers around the world quickly responded by turning as ...

The bright flash of gamma-ray light was first detected by NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory on October 19, 2019. The explosion lasted just over a minute — considered long, like any gamma ...