Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Since their discovery over 25 years ago , the origin and even distance to gamma ray bursts remains hotly debated. It is possible that this intense wave of gamma radiation caused other satellites to glitch and may even have been the cause of unusual noise in the Earth's atmosphere. If you know of such an anomaly, please report it .
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