The most powerful space explosion ever seen keeps baffling astronomers


GRB 221009A surrounded by dust rings

GRB221009A surrounded by mud rings

ESA/XMM-Newton/M. Rigoselli (INAF)

Probably the most highly effective explosion ever seen might break our understanding of how these cosmic cataclysms, referred to as lengthy gamma ray bursts (GRBs), work. The burst was noticed in October 2022, and it’s proving troublesome to clarify regardless of continued observations and analyses by researchers around the globe.

When the burst, referred to as GRB221009A, was noticed, astronomers dubbed it “the BOAT” – the brightest of all time. Eric Burns at Louisiana State College and his colleagues in contrast it with different GRBs and located that occasions this vivid in all probability solely …