Brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen

NASA Fermi gamma-ray sky / GRB observations

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In October 2022 astronomers caught GRB 221009A, quickly dubbed the brightest of all time. Fermi and Swift recorded a torrent of gamma rays from a distant collapsing star that saturated detectors.

Tuesday April 4th 2023