gamma rays
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We Finally Know the True Power of BOAT—the Brightest Known Gamma-Ray Burst
The gamma-ray burst, affectionately dubbed ‘BOAT’ (Brightest of All Time), has been found to emit gamma-rays with energies reaching up to 13 teraelectronvolts, as revealed by a collaboration of scientists who have studied these emissions. Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest explosions the cosmos has to offer, besides the Big Bang—the explosion that happened 13.77 billion…
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Strongest Gamma-Ray Bursts Ever Recorded Are Illuminating The Universe’s Most Powerful Explosions
An international team of astronomers has detected a pair of gamma-ray bursts with energies more powerful than anything ever seen before. GRBs are the strongest explosions known in the cosmos, but these latest observations suggests we’ve significantly underestimated their true potential.
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Why Scientists Tried To Measure All Of The Starlight That Ever Shone
Astronomers this week announced that they’d attempted to measure all of the starlight in the universe.
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Scientists Create Miniature Gamma Ray Bursts To Study Black Holes
Sometimes, if you want to understand the amazing things that happen in space, you have to make sense of them in a lab on Earth, first. Scientists are attempting to model some of the most powerful explosions in the universe by miniaturising them into lab experiments.