The (second) biggest explosion in the universe
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5 min readOct 23, 2022
On October 9th 2022, for only a few minutes, an incredibly bright pulse of high-energy radiation swept across the Earth.
The radiation came from one of the universe’s most powerful types of explosion: a gamma-ray burst.
After the Big Bang, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic and luminous events to take place. Thankfully, all GRBs that have been…
