Shocking Gamma-Ray Burst shatters record; is brightest in 10000 years; beats Sun, says NASA
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In October last year, astronomers detected the 'most-powerful ever' gamma-ray burst shockingly close to Earth. According to NASA, a gamma-ray burst (GRB) is a short-lived burst of gamma-ray light, which is the most energetic form of light. Although these bursts are short-lived, they shine a million trillion times as bright as the Sun. The gamma-ray burst observed on October 9 was so powerful that scientists initially thought it came from a source not too distant from Earth, and it lit up gamma-ray detectors on telescopes around the world.Instead, it was a terrifyingly powerful explosion of gamma-rays from a source further away than they had previously assumed and was renamed GRB221009A. Now, researchers have finally combed through all the data and have revealed that it was the br...