An 'extremely extraordinary' gamma-ray burst hit Earth last fall, possibly the strongest ever. Hubble Space Telescope has captured the afterglow.
Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 captures the infrared afterglow of a gamma-ray burst nicknamed the BOAT . It is a composite consisting of two images taken a month apart last fall.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the afterglow of the event which researchers believe was a one-in-10,000 year event. “It is just an absolutely monstrous burst. It is extremely extraordinary; we’ve never seen anything remotely close to it,”“The BOAT is a once-in-10,000-year event. So, there’s a reasonable chance this is the brightest gamma-ray burst to hit Earth since human civilization began.
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