Chinese scientists detect brightest gamma-ray burst to date: Report
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Chinese scientists have detected the brightest gamma-ray burst to date through combined observations from both Earth and space.
Chinese scientists have detected the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) to date through combined observations from both Earth and space, according to the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The combined observations were made on October 9, 2022, by China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), the High Energy Burst Searcher (HEBS) -- an all-sky monitor for gamma-ray transients -- as well as China's X-ray astronomy satellite Insight-HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope), achieving multi-spectral measurements of the gamma-ray burst, coded as GRB 221009A. GRBs are immensely energetic explosions tha...