Chinese scientists detect brightest gamma-ray burst to date: Report
Chinese scientists have detected the brightest gamma-ray burst GRB to date through combined observations from both Earth and space, according to the Institute of High Energy Physics IHEP of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.The combined observations were made on October 9, 2022, by Chinas Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory LHAASO, the High Energy Burst Searcher HEBS -- an all-sky monitor for gamma-ray transients -- as well as Chinas X-ray astronomy satellite Insight-HXMT Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope, achieving multi-spectral measurements of the gamma-ray burst, coded as GRB 221009A.GR...