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A Gamma Ray Burst Lasted So Long it Triggered a Satellite Twice


amma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the Universe, briefly outshining all the stars in their galaxy combined. They typically last for just seconds or a few minutes at the most. In 2022, an ultra-long gamma-ray burst exploded in the sky, lasting so long, with two separate blasts of radiation that it triggered the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor twice. The blast was clocked at almost 1000 seconds, with a double blast that made some astronomers wonder if it was due to a gravitational lens.

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