On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. After spending months combing through the data, astronomers now better understand its scientific impact. The source was a gamma-ray burst (GRB), the most powerful class … Continue reading NASA Missions Study What May Be a 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma-ray Burst