Astronomers Witness The Brightest Space Explosion Ever Seen
. But when the first hints of it came through, scientists scrambled to point telescopes in its direction, and with the wealth of data collected, an international team of scientists has finally figured out how the supernova generated such a powerful kaboom.
This is unexpected; our current models predict that the explosion would produce just a jet. The findings have implications for our understanding of the formation of black holes, and how the brightest explosions in the Universe take place.
Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions seen across the cosmos, and they occur in a number of ways. Long-duration gamma-ray bursts, like GRB 221009A, are caused by the deaths of massive, rapidly rotating stars.
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