Story perspectives
NASA Detects Record-Breaking Gamma-Ray Burst from Distant Black Hole
10/16/2025
38 7
1 of 1
Story summary
- A gamma-ray burst (GRB 250702B) was detected this summer, lasting seven hours and repeating multiple times.
- Researchers suggest a black hole consumed a star, producing powerful jets.
- NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope first observed GRB 250702B on July 2, 2025, from billions of light years away.
- Separately, a GRB from M82 may originate from a magnetar giant flare, implying a closer, more energetic source.
