Brightest Gamma-ray Explosion

Last year, astronomers witnessed the brightest explosion on record - a gamma-ray burst known as GRB 221009A.

NASA said that the extragalactic outburst was 70 times brighter than any other such eruption recorded to date.

The new research solves the mystery of how stars spin fast enough to create conditions to launch a jet of highly energetic material into space and has found that tidal effects like those between the Moon and the Earth are the answer.

Last year, astronomers witnessed the brightest explosion on record - a gamma-ray burst known as GRB 221009A.

NASA said that the extragalactic outburst was 70 times brighter than any other such eruption recorded to date.

The new research solves the mystery of how stars spin fast enough to create conditions to launch a jet of highly energetic material into space and has found that tidal effects like those between the Moon and the Earth are the answer.