The brightest gamma-ray burst ever (the BOAT) continues to baffle Ars Technica astronomers
On October 9, 2022, Swift’s X-ray telescope captured the afterglow of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, known as GRB 221009A. On the morning of October 9, 2022, a number of space-based detectors detected a robust gamma-ray burst (GRB) passing by way of our Photo voltaic System, sending astronomers all over the world making an …