You May Have Witnessed Most Distant Naked-Eye Object on Record
Credit: NASA
A major perk of being a pilot is an occasional front-row view of the amazing. If you were flying at 0212 EDT the night of March 19, and suddenly saw a new star appear in the constellation Bootes, you weren't crazy. You were an eyewitness to a brilliant gamma ray burst that took place an estimated 7...
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