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One of the brightest explosions ever recorded occurs in Earth’s ‘cosmic backyard’ – Tales Buzz
Advertisement Advertisement An international team of scientists used the High Energy Stereoscopic System in Namibia to get the best observation yet of one of the…
An international team of scientists used the High Energy Stereoscopic System in Namibia to get the best observation yet of one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever recorded.
The stellar explosion, dubbed GRB 190829A, happened just 1 billion lightyears away in the constellation of Eridanus, which may seem like quite a hike, but the typical gamma-ray burst occurs 20 billion lightyears away.
Gamma-ray bursts occur when a star collapses in on itself, forming a black hole and releasing a massive…
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