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.GRBs are immensely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies.
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China's science communicators have been encouraged to come up with more original, creative and better quality ways to popularize science, using everything from books to video games, by drawing inspiration from Chinese culture or recent scientific and technological achievements by Chinese scientists, experts said on Thursday.
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