The event is designated EP240408a, as it was first detected by the Einstein Probe, an X-ray space telescope, on 8 April 2024. At a glance, it appeared to be a run-of-the-mill gamma ray burst, which ...
Sarah Everts is an award-winning science journalist and journalism professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She is the author of The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration.
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