Science!

Scientists have found the source of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected.

The astonishingly bright signal – dubbed the ‘BOAT’, or brightest of all time – was found in October 2022. It was more than 10 times more powerful than any such gamma-ray burst or GRB detected before, and is thought to be a phenomenon that Earth sees only ever 10,000 years.

Now researchers say they have confirmed that it was the result of the collapse and then explosion of a massive star. Previously, researchers had been unable to confirm the source because the GRB itself was so bright, but they have now been able to do so using Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope.….

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/signal-space-gamma-ray-burst-star-boat-b2527653.html