Many things about the universe attract the attention of almost everyone. With the news revealed today, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Integral Space Telescope detected gamma rays coming from a star that exploded approximately 2 billion light years away from Earth. So, what is the significance of this gamma ray burst?

The explosion lasted 800 seconds!

News and images of star birth and ray bursts appeared in the universe. Recently, a new one was added to these. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Integral Space Telescope detected gamma rays coming from a star that exploded approximately 2 billion light-years away from Earth.

This explosion, called GRB 221009A, turned out to be the brightest, strongest and longest-lasting one detected so far. Additionally, the explosion was detected by ESA’s International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (Integral).

Energy emissions resulting from massive star explosions called supernovae or the collision of two superdense neutron stars are called gamma ray bursts. Integral, launched in 2002, records gamma bursts every day.

However, it turned out that the GRB 221009A it detected was different from the others. Some researchers stated that it was the brightest gamma ray burst they had ever detected. On the other hand, lead researcher Prof. Dr. Pietro Ubertini also made the following statement: “We have been measuring gamma-ray bursts since the 1960s and this is the strongest value ever measured.”

The explosion, which lasted 800 seconds, also activated lightning detectors in India. It is also stated that it is effective in the ionosphere for several hours, as detected by devices in Germany. Ionosphere is the plasma name of the atmosphere between 50 and 950 kilometers from the Earth. On the other hand, it tests the upper layer, which contains electrically charged gases.

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