gamma-ray bursts

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:aftermath gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:X-rays
optical
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:GRBs
gptkbp:associatedWith black hole formation
gravitational waves
gptkbp:canBe study star formation
probe early universe
test relativity
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:BeppoSAX
gptkb:Konus-Wind
gptkb:BATSE
gptkbp:cause collapsing massive stars
neutron star mergers
gptkbp:detects gptkb:Swift_Observatory
gptkb:Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Vela_satellites
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1967
gptkbp:distance billions of light-years
gptkbp:duration milliseconds to several minutes
gptkbp:emits gptkb:gamma_rays
gptkbp:firstReported 1973
gptkbp:frequency several per day detected
gptkbp:hostedBy elliptical galaxies
star-forming galaxies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label gamma-ray bursts
gptkbp:importantFor most energetic explosions in the universe
gptkbp:lightCurve variable
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:GRB_080319B
gptkb:GRB_090423
gptkb:GRB_221009A
gptkb:GRB_970228
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkb:INTEGRAL_satellite
gptkb:ESA
gptkbp:origin distant galaxies
gptkbp:powerOutput 10^44 joules or more
gptkbp:redshift 0.0085 to >9
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:kilonovae
supernovae
gptkbp:riskToEarth very low
gptkbp:spectrumOfActivity non-thermal
gptkbp:studiedBy astronomer
astrophysicists
cosmologists
gptkbp:studiedIn astrophysics
gptkbp:subspecies long gamma-ray bursts
short gamma-ray bursts
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:gamma_rays
gptkb:white_dwarf
gptkb:black_hole
gptkb:Srinivas_Kulkarni
gptkb:LIGO_gravitational_wave_detections
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5