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Gamma ray burst is so bright it illuminates a cross-section of our entire Galaxy in dust clouds emitting X-rays

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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-missions-study-what-may-be-a-1-in-10000-year-gamma-ray-burst

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In this image you are looking down a tube of illuminated dust clouds where the near end is ~1000 light years away, the far end is the far side of our Galaxy and the gamma ray burst is in the middle