{"id":33745,"date":"2023-06-08T10:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T09:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=33745"},"modified":"2023-06-08T10:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T09:44:40","slug":"unique-jet-structure-of-brightest-gamma-ray-burst-explored-in-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/unique-jet-structure-of-brightest-gamma-ray-burst-explored-in-new-study\/33745\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique jet structure of brightest gamma-ray burst explored in new study"},"content":{"rendered":"
An international team of researchers is studying the jet structure of the brightest gamma-ray burst of all time to determine why its afterglow remained visible for so long after the event.<\/h2>\n
When scientists detected the gamma-ray burst called GRB 221009A on 9 October 2022, it was named the brightest-of-all-time (BOAT).<\/p>\n
Produced by the collapse of a highly massive star and the subsequent birth of a black hole, the event was witnessed as an immensely bright flash of gamma rays. This was then followed by a slow-fading afterglow of light across frequencies.<\/p>\n
Now, months after the burst was detected, scientists studying the brightest explosion have found that the unusual structure of the jet of material expelled during the event may explain its extreme nature. It may also show why its afterglow remained visible for so long after it was detected.<\/p>\n