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This artist’s concept depicts GRB 250702B (left of center) erupting within its host galaxy. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick In a universe that often follows its own rules, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) ...

Astronomers have observed the longest gamma-ray burst — a powerful, extragalactic explosion that lasted more than seven hours. It was so extraordinary that several teams of scientists have been poring ...

A gamma-ray burst (GRB) — the most energetic type of explosion in the universe since the Big Bang — is detected once every day, on average. But what happened on July 2, 2025, was highly unusual: ...

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On July 2, 2025, NASA satellites detected an extraordinary gamma-ray burst (GRB) that persisted for multiple days, setting a record for duration among known cosmic explosions. Named GRB 250702B, the ...