‘Whopper’ Gamma-Ray Burst Most Distant Naked-Eye Object on Record
Credit: NASA/SWIFT/STEFAN IMMLER ET AL.
Astronomers are analyzing a brilliant gamma-ray burst that took place an estimated 7.5 billion years ago, yet was so bright it could have been seen with the naked eye. “This burst was a whopper,” says Neil Gehrels of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, principal investigator on the Swift satellite...
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