Astronomers race to make sense of brightest gamma ray burst ever seen

Illustration of a massive star collapsing and sending a jet into space, which is seen as a gamma ray burst
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

UArizona astronomers have joined an international effort to study the aftermath of the brightest flash of gamma rays ever observed. Observations involving UArizona telescopes and instruments provide astronomers with a "cosmic lab" to study how massive stars die.

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