Historical Events tagged with "naked eye"
Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.
Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Observed
On March 19, 2008, astronomers observed GRB 080319B, a gamma-ray burst that became the farthest object visible to the naked eye. Detected by the Swift satellite, this cosmic phenomenon occurred approximately 7.5 billion light-years away in the constellation Bootes. Its unprecedented brightness for a brief period was equivalent to the luminosity of several billion suns, signaling an extraordinary event in the universe's history. This burst provided researchers with vital information about the early universe and the fundamental processes of star formation and death.
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