'Brightest of all time' light burst blinds Earth's satellites

(KXAN) – The brightest gamma-ray burst in human history was recently detected, scientists with the American Astronomical Society (AAS) announced Tuesday.
Nicknamed the BOAT, for the Brightest of All Time, it temporarily blinded Earth's satellites, NASA said in a press release.The burst was initially detected on Oct. 8th, 2022, by Voyager 1.According to a paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, the gamma-ray swept through our solar system 19 hours after it was initially detect