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 ...

Behold! The most powerful explosions in the known universe — gamma-ray bursts. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful and violent explosions in the known universe. These brief flashes of ...

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 ...

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 .

In a breathless press release, NASA emphasized that their detectors all over the planet picked up on this, including NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Such events are known as gamma ray bursts, and astronomers who have continued studying this one said it was the “brightest of all time.” Now, a team of scientists have discovered that this ...