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[10] [9] It was the brightest and most energetic gamma-ray burst ever recorded, with some dubbing it the BOAT, or Brightest Of All Time. [ 9 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Characterization
GRB 080319B was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by the Swift satellite at 06:12 UTC on March 19, 2008. The burst set a new record for the farthest object that was observable with the naked eye: [2] it had a peak visual apparent magnitude of 5.7 and remained visible to human eyes for approximately 30 seconds. [3]
It is the most energetic gamma-ray burst ever recorded. It has been deemed to be the "B.O.A.T.", or Brightest Of All Time. It had the highest fluence and peak flux ever identified, by a large margin. [14] It also holds the record for highest energy burst recorded if released isotropically, beating GRB 080916C. [14]
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The brightest gamma ray burst ever detected recently reached our planet. It’s 70 times longer than any other burst we’ve spotted, and effectively blinded our instruments when it hit.
Multiple telescopes observed a rare cosmic explosion called a kilonova that created heavy elements in space, including some necessary for life. Explosion 1 million times brighter than the Milky ...
Illustration of a short gamma-ray burst caused by a collapsing star. [160] No gamma-ray bursts from within our own galaxy, the Milky Way, have been observed, [161] and the question of whether one has ever occurred remains unresolved. In light of evolving understanding of gamma-ray bursts and their progenitors, the scientific literature records ...
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