Powerful Stellar Explosion Caused Most Massive Gamma Ray Burst Ever Detected, Scientists Don't Understand
Unusually bright
A mysterious blast of light spotted earlier this year near the constellation Leo was actually the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, and was triggered by an extremely powerful stellar explosion, new research reports.
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