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Telescopes Finally Captured A Gamma-Ray Burst, The Most Powerful Explosion In The Universe

Scientists used telescopes to capture a gamma-ray burst as it happened.

Telescopes Finally Captured A Gamma-Ray Burst, The Most Powerful Explosion In The Universe

[DIGEST: EurekAlert, Nature, IB Times, Science Alert, CMNS, Phys.Org]

Gamma-ray bursts are the most intense, violent and powerful explosions in our universe, surpassed only by the Big Bang itself. Scientists know they exist; we’ve been tracking them for nearly 50 years. But the specific cause of these intense sources of energy has remained a mystery to us. Now, scientists have used telescopes to capture a gamma-ray burst as it happened, and they may have narrowed down exactly how they work.

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