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    Gamma-ray burst - Wikipedia

    • In gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are immensely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies, being the brightest and most extreme explosive events in the entire universe, as NASA describes the bursts as the "most powerful class of explosions in the universe". They are the most energetic and luminous electromagnetic ev… See more

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    Gamma-ray bursts were first observed in the late 1960s by the U.S. Vela satellites, which were built to detect gamma radiation pulses emitted by nuclear weapons tested in space. The United States suspected that the … See more

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    The light curves of gamma-ray bursts are extremely diverse and complex. No two gamma-ray burst light curves are identical, with large variation observed in almost every property: the duration of observable emission c… See more

    Gamma-ray Bursts: Harvesting Knowledge From the Universe’s M…
    The most powerful events in the known universe – gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) – are short-lived outbursts of the highest-energy light. They can erupt with a quintillion (a 10 followed by 18 zeros) ti…
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  1. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are immensely energetic explosions12345:
    • They are observed in distant galaxies and are the brightest and most extreme explosive events in the universe.
    • GRBs result from events like the birth of black holes and collisions between neutron stars.
    • They are short-lived bursts of gamma-ray light, hundreds of times brighter than a typical supernova and about a million trillion times as bright as the Sun.
    • If the jets of gamma rays are pointed at Earth, astronomers can see them as a gamma-ray burst.
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    In gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are immensely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies, being the brightest and most extreme explosive events in the entire universe, [ 1][ 2][ 3] as NASA describes the bursts as the "most powerful class of explosions in the universe". [ 4]

    Gamma-ray burst - Wikipedia

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    Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful and violent explosions in the known universe. These brief flashes of high-energy light result from some of the universe's most explosive events, including the birth of black holes and collisions between neutron stars.

    What are gamma-ray bursts? | Space

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    Gamma-ray bursts are the universe’s most luminous explosions. Astronomers believe most occur when exotic massive stars run out of nuclear fuel. As a star’s core collapses into a black hole, jets of material – powered by processes not yet fully understood – blast outward at nearly the speed of light.

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    Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are short-lived bursts of gamma-ray light, the most energetic form of light. Lasting anywhere from a few milliseconds to several minutes, GRBs shine hundreds of times brighter than a typical supernova and about a million trillion times as bright as the Sun.

    Gamma-ray Bursts - Imagine the Universe!

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    Gamma-ray bursts are energetic explosions that go off when a massive star dies and leaves behind a black hole or neutron star (SN: 11/20/19; SN: 8/2/21). The collapse sets off jets of gamma rays zipping away from the poles of the former star. If those jets happen to be pointed right at Earth, astronomers can see them as a gamma-ray burst.

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    What are gamma ray bursts?
    In gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are immensely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies, being the brightest and most extreme explosive events in the entire universe, [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] as NASA describes the bursts as the "most powerful class of explosions in the universe". [ 4 ]

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    What is the brightest gamma ray ray burst?
    Even half a century on, GRBs offer up surprises. One recent burst was so bright it temporarily blinded most of the gamma-ray detectors in space. Nicknamed the BOAT (for brightest of all time), the 7-minute blast may have been the brightest GRB in the past 10,000 years.

    NASA Looks Back at 50 Years of Gamma-Ray Burst Science

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    How much energy does a gamma ray burst emit?
    In just a few seconds, a gamma-ray burst can emit as much energy as the sun will put out over its entire 9 billion-year lifetime, according to Radboud University professor Andrew Levan. Do gamma-ray bursts happen in the Milky Way?

    What are gamma-ray bursts? | Space

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    Where can I find a book about gamma ray bursts?
    Gamma-Ray Bursts: The brightest explosions in the Universe. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-39085-5. Chryssa Kouveliotou; Stanford E. Woosley; Ralph A. M. J., eds. (2012). Gamma-ray bursts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-66209-3. Bing Zhang (2018). The Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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    How long did gamma ray burst GRB 221009a last?
    The bright glow of gamma-ray burst GRB 221009A (yellow circle) faded over about 10 hours as shown in this series of visible-light images from NASA’s Swift telescope’s ultraviolet/optical instrument. Swift/NASA, B. Cenko

    Meet the BOAT, the brightest gamma-ray burst of all time - Science News

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    What happens after a gamma ray burst?
    The nature of the longer-wavelength afterglow emission (ranging from X-ray through radio) that follows gamma-ray bursts is better understood. Any energy released by the explosion not radiated away in the burst itself takes the form of matter or energy moving outward at nearly the speed of light.

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    Gamma-ray Bursts: Harvesting Knowledge From the …

    Nov 21, 2023 · The most powerful events in the known universe – gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) – are short-lived outbursts of the highest-energy light. They can erupt with a quintillion (a 10 followed by 18 zeros) times the luminosity of our …

  4. Space.com
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    NASA Looks Back at 50 Years of Gamma-Ray Burst Science

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    Meet the BOAT, the brightest gamma-ray burst of all …

    Oct 28, 2022 · The brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded recently lit up a distant galaxy — and astronomers have nicknamed it the BOAT, for Brightest of All Time.

  7. Center for Astrophysics
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    Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed Reveals New Mysteries …

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    Gamma-ray burst | Explosions, Supernovae, Neutron Stars

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    NASA Missions Study What May Be a 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma …

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    NASA’s Fermi Finds New Feature in Brightest Gamma …

    Jul 25, 2024 · In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT — the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international science team reports that data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray …

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    What Are Gamma-Ray Bursts? | Astronomy.com

    Jul 1, 2019 · The most powerful blasts in the cosmos, gamma-ray bursts randomly appear throughout the sky every day, giving astronomers few clues about their origins.

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