NASA's Hubble Spots 'Bizarre Glow' After An 'Impossible' Explosion In Space.

[elleng]

Puzzled scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have seen a violent explosion billons of light-years that lasted just half a second.

The brightest infrared light from a short gamma-ray burst ever seen, the “bizarre glow” was spotted using the orbiting telescope in May 2020. It was 10 times brighter than it was thought possible.

The glow from a short gamma-ray burst called GRB 200522A was spotted by astronomers three days after. It was so powerful that it unleashed more energy in a split-second than our Sun will produce over its entire 10 billion-year lifetime.

A paper about the discovery of the radio afterglow in the center of a young, star-forming galaxy has been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal.'>>>

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/11/12/nasas-hubble-spots-bizarre-glow-after-an-impossible-explosion-in-space/?

[SheltieLover]

1. Fascinating!

Ty, Ellen!

[Deuxcents]

2. Best way to spend tax money

The Hubble has been well worth our efforts. A few years back, there was a movie featuring the pictures sent back on the iMax screen. I never got to see it n before I knew it, it was gone. I wish they’d bring it back.

[Danascot]

3. Oh, I saw that movie

at the iMax in the Seattle science center a few years ago. It was so amazing! I hope you have a chance to see it..