In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT — the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international science team reports that data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals a feature never seen before. “A few minutes after the BOAT erupted, Fermi’s Gamma-ray Burst Monitor recorded an unusual energy peak […]
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Black Holes, Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes, Gamma Rays, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Goddard Space Flight Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, Stellar-mass Black Holes, The Universe
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July 25, 2024
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