'Biggest explosion since the Big Bang': Gamma ray burst in a distant galaxy breaks [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | November 20, 2019 | Ryan Morrison

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A brief but extremely powerful cosmic blast from a distance galaxy has taken the record for the brightest light ever seen from Earth.

It was emitted by a gamma ray burst seven billion light-years away and created more energy in a few seconds than the sun will burn in its 10 billion year lifetime.

The discovery, led by researchers from Curtin University in Western Australia involved more than 300 scientists from around the world.

Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic events in the universe - the most massive since the Big Bang, says co author of the study, Dr Gemma Anderson.

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Seven billion light years away ..... must have taken a while for the light of the burst to get here.

Yeah, like 7 billion years.

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