Brightest Light Ever Detected in Space, 2.4 Billion Light-Years Away, Caused by Black Hole Formation

Scientists were able to observe the brightest gamma-ray burst which is coming from the constellation known as Sagitta and the source of which is a dying star. This bright flare — known as GRB 221009A — emitted photons measuring 18 teraelectronvolts, and even interfered with radio transmissions here on Earth. It suggests that the star collapsed in to a black hole and emitted energy jets at a speed which is near light. This is a one off opportunity to learn more of the black holes and the explosions that happen during supernovas and the scientists are still following the afterglow to support the theory on supernovas.

Emerged first on October the 9th of the year 2022 by the space telescopes, this brilliant burst of gamma rays — the highest energy density electromagnetic radiation— is still being observed by researchers across the globe.

According to astrophysicist Brendan O’Connor We see such events if gamma-ray bursts that last for several hundred seconds This is due to the death of stars larger than 30 times the mass of our sun. In these cases the star expires as a supernova, collapses into a black hole and propels jets of energy at nearly 99, Of this speed, 99 percent percent speed of light is travel by them.

One such burst they produced photons with energy of 18 teraelectronvolts that affected long-wave radio communications in ionosphere of Earth. ”It’s breaking records in the number of photons and the energy they carry,” he said of this kind of event, which happen once every hundred years or so. He said that gamma-ray bursts produce more energy in a second than the Sun is predicted to emit in its total existence and thus this is the brightest event known.

The said burst, known as GRB 221009A, was observed by many telescopes as NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. It started in Sagitta constellation and it took 1. It takes now 9 billion years to get to Earth and because of the expansion of the universe seems to be closer and therefore we get to see what happened 9 billion years ago.

Interviewed on BBC, O’Connor, who is from the University of Maryland and George Washington University said that he had the feeling of studying one of the rarest phenomena, pointing out that although the initial flashes might have been observable from the amateur astronomers, the flashes are no longer that intense. He and his team are keeping vigil over the afterglow waiting for the brighter signal of a supernova that we would like to use to establish the burst origin and match it to current theories in astrophysics.

Afternauts will also look for heavy elements such as gold, platinum and uranium which it is believed that supernovae produce as well. Some people theorized that gamma-ray bursts might cause extinction here on Earth and O’Connor dispelled that by pointing out that the energy jets are narrowly directed.

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