"The gamma-ray burst traveled through intergalactic space at the speed of light for eleven billion years, during which time the Sun and the planets were born." — Timothy Ferris, in the film ...

A massive burst ... from the sun. Mass extinctions in Earth’s history may have been caused by something similar to—but much stronger than—GRB 221009A. ESA's International Gamma-Ray ...

Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic explosions in the universe, releasing as much as a quintillion (10 followed by 18 zeroes) times the energy that is radiated by the sun. This is suspected to ...