Extra-Long Blasts Challenge Our Theories of Cosmic Cataclysms

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Physics, Life Sciences, Science

4.7 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Astronomers thought they had solved the mystery of gamma-ray bursts. A few recent events suggest otherwise. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Light Gazing” by Andrew Langdon.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Quanta Science podcast.
0:07.0	Each episode we bring you stories about developments in science and mathematics.
0:12.0	I'm Susan Vallett.
0:14.0	Astronomers thought they had solved the mystery of gamma-ray bursts.
0:17.0	A few recent events suggest otherwise.
0:20.0	That's next.
0:28.4	It's season three of the joy of why, and I still have a lot of questions. Like, what is this thing we call time? Why does altruism exist? And where is Jan 11?
0:39.1	I'm here.
0:39.9	Astrophysicist and co-host.
0:41.5	Ready for anything.
0:42.6	That's right.
0:43.2	I'm bringing in the A team.
0:44.9	So brace yourselves.
0:46.2	Get ready to learn.
0:47.4	I'm Jan 11.
0:48.7	I'm Steve Strogatz.
0:50.0	And this is...
0:51.1	Quantum Magazine's podcast, The Joy of Why.
0:53.9	New episodes drop every other Thursday.
1:04.2	On December 11, 2021, a beam of gamma rays, the most energetic form of light,
1:13.1	slammed into NASA's swift satellite.
1:17.8	Within 120 seconds, the satellite had swiveled toward the blast and spotted the glowing embers of a cosmic catastrophe.
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