In 2019 astronomers detected a surprisingly close gamma-ray burst

On August 29, 2019, scientists worldwide were alerted to an intense event in space that happened about 1 billion light-years away. While a billion light-years is a massive distance, it is surprisingly close to a cosmic scale, considering the event was an incredibly intense gamma-ray burst. Despite the vast distance away, the gamma-ray burst labeled GRB 190829A happened closer to … Continue reading