Tuesday, September 9, 2025

A Giant Burst of Energy In Need Of An Explanation

GRB 250702B is the orange dot inside the red circle in this image from the ESO’s Very Large Telescope. While most GRBs have a single flash of gamma-rays that lasts minutes or only milliseconds, this one emitted three separate flashes over the course of one day. Image Credit: ESO/A. Levan, A. Martin-Carrillo et al.

Astronomers have detected an explosion of gamma rays that repeated several times over the course of a day, an event unlike anything ever witnessed before. It took place in a distant galaxy and was first detected on July 2nd. Scientists are trying to understand what could've caused it.



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