The further adventures of some of the most powerful events in our Universe: Gamma Ray Bursts. The biggest one recorded was in October 2022, in a galaxy far, far away.

NASA has confirmed that 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 civilization in a "1 in ...

Shrouded in mystery for decades, gamma-ray bursts are the brightest explosions since the Big Bang and emerge from only the most violent cosmic events.

His research, which analyzed more than 7,000 gamma-ray bursts, found that these events only occur once every 10,000 years. Overview Animation of Gamma-ray Burst by NASA Video on YouTube. The ...

A huge surge of gamma-ray energy from space caused electric currents to flow through the surface of the Earth on October 9, scientists have said.. This gamma-ray burst, named GRB221009A, is the ...

Lasting a matter of minutes, the gamma-ray burst, named GRB 221009A, was observed by astronomers in October 2022. It has since been dubbed the "B.O.A.T.", the brightest of all time.

The gamma ray burst as seen by the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton observatory. Image: ESA/XMM - Newton/M. Rigoselli (INAF) On October 9, 2022, a gamma ray burst brighter than any before seen ...

The first gamma-ray bursts were discovered by accident in the 1960's, by spy satellites looking for gamma-rays from secret nuclear bomb tests.

Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest explosions the cosmos has to offer, besides the Big Bang—the explosion that happened 13.77 billion years ago that marks the beginning of time. The BOAT was ...

Astronomers led by Stanford University and Harvard believe the "remarkable" cosmic explosion could either be the first X-ray ...

Long gamma-ray burst stems from neutron star merger, not usual supernova explosion. Jennifer Ouellette – Dec 7, 2022 6:44 pm | 54 Artist’s impression of GRB 211211A.

Gamma rays are the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation. In just a few seconds, a gamma-ray burst blasts out the same amount of energy that the Sun will radiate throughout its entire life.