Astronomers have detected a gamma-ray burst (GRB) like none other. GRB 250702B was longer than any ever observed and repeated. <br /><br />The GRB was "unlike anything ever witnessed before," according to the European Southern Observatory, who used the Very Large Telescope to study the event. <br /><br />Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/VISTA Hemisphere Survey/A. Levan, A. Martin-Carrillo | edited by Steve Spaleta
