In December 2020, astronomers documented a burst of highly energetic light in one of the most distant galaxies ever observed. But less than a year later, the paper s claims lay in limbo. Other scientists said it had merely been a passing satellite.
Even the most powerful telescopes are in peril as orbits above Earth fill with thousands of new satellites. But scientists aren’t ready to give up the night sky.
The galaxy dubbed GN-z11 is considered to be the most distant and the oldest currently known galaxy. According to some scientists, it formed 420 million years after the Big Bang. Now, it appears that astronomers managed to witness a blast from this long time ago. or not.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; fool me three times … you must be an astronomer. Gamma ray bursts are celebrities in the astronomy world for a number of reasons – they’re the brightest electromagnetic events known in the universe; many are so far away that they’re thought to. Read more »