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This Photon Survived an ‘Impossible’ Journey to Earth. To Explain it, Physicists Had to Break Einstein
WorldGamma ray burst detection
Astronomers detected an extremely bright and long-lasting gamma ray burst, GRB 221009A, which theoretically should not have reached Earth.
Physicists propose a solution involving hypothetical particles from the cosmic dawn to explain the burst's impossible journey to Earth.
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Key Takeaways
- GRB 221009A is the brightest gamma ray burst ever detected
- The burst's age and power make its detection on Earth theoretically impossible
- The solution involves breaking with Einstein's theories
- The burst was detected in 2022 and nicknamed 'BOAT' for 'Brightest of All Time'
- A paper on the solution was published in Physical Review Letters
- The researchers' proposal is a puzzling solution to a puzzling problem
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- Further research and testing of the hypothetical particles proposal
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Challenging Einstein's theories and expanding our understanding of the universe
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