EPISODE · Sep 15, 2025 · 8 MIN

Object 158: Dark Burst

from George's Random Astronomical Object · host George Bendo

The gamma ray burst GRB 020819 took place in a galaxy containing so much light-obscuring interstellar dust that people initially misidentified which galaxy contained the burst.

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