The Most Intense Release of Energy Ever Known After the Big Bang

gamma ray bursts are the most intense release of energy known after the Big Bang itself. This one that happened on October 9th takes the cake above and beyond all the thousands of other gamma ray bursts that have ever been detected. It was still 2.4 billion light years away but if you look at just the absolute amount of energy that was released, it is record breakingly huge,. Evan: Bob mentions insanely large numbers that almost nobody has ever heard before.