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Biggest since Big Bang: James Webb telescope unravels origin of ‘BOAT’ – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a groundbreaking discovery, identifying the source of the most potent cosmic explosion since the Big Bang, known as “the BOAT” or “brightest of all time.” This gamma-ray burst (GRB), which sent highly energetic photons towards Earth, was first detected by ground and orbital telescopes on October 9, 2022, originating from 2.4 billion light-years away in the constellation Sagitta.A…

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Shock finding reveals no gold, platinum created by brightest-ever Supernova explosion recorded in the Universe

[ad_1] Gold and platinum are the most precious and priciest metals on Earth. Their available quantity is always scarce and their value as such has always remained at the highest end of the spectrum. But do you know where gold and platinum, or even uranium (all heavy metals), come from? They are birthed in colossal solar explosions, the biggest of them all, and they are called supernovas. That has…

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