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Gamma-ray burst among brightest in decades detected
Original: Gamma-ray burst is one of the brightest in decades https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.pops ci.com/science/gamma-ray-burs
Astronomers report a gamma-ray burst ranking among the brightest observed in roughly twenty years, a rare and powerful flash of high-energy radiation from deep space. Such bursts are associated with cataclysmic events like collapsing massive stars, and an exceptionally bright one gives scientists an unusually good chance to study how these explosions work.
Why now: Scientists and space enthusiasts are excited by the rarity and exceptional brightness of the event.
Evidence
- Gamma-ray burst is one of the brightest in decades https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.pops ci.com/science/gamma-ray-burst-brightest-20-years/ · popsci.com@web.brid.gy · 1
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