S26E71: What made the brightest cosmic explosion of all time so exceptional? & Other Space News
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
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The Gamma Ray Burst and the Afterglow
The initial burst was catalogued as JRB-22-1009A, and it also dragged along an unusually large amount of stellar material in its wake. The state-ease lead author Brendan O'Connor from George Washington University says the findings match other theoretical analyses of the afterglow. These gamma ray bursts need to be directed straight towards the Earth when they happen, as it would be unphysical for so much energy to be expelled in all directions at once. Future study into the magnetic fields at the launch of the jet and into the massive stars that host them should help reveal why these gamma ray bursts are so rare.
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