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Gamma-Ray Bursts and its detections on the Earth.
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GRB 080319B was a remarkable gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected by the Swift satellite at 06:12 UTC on March 19, 2008. The burst set a new record for the farthest object that could be seen with the naked eye; it had a peak apparent magnitude of 5.8 and remained visible to human eyes for approximately 30 seconds.
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GRB 080916C is a gamma-ray burst (GRB) that was recorded on 00: 13 UTC (7:13 pm E.D.T Sep. 15)September 16, 2008 in the Carina constellation and detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. It was the most powerful gamma-ray burst ever recorded.
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GRB 101225A, also known as the "Christmas burst", was a cosmic explosion first detected by NASA's Swift observatory at 18:37 UT on December 25, 2010. The gamma-ray emission lasted at least 28 minutes, which is unusually long.