Today's "Holy Crap, Science!" news.

[theweaselking]

Gamma ray burst, visible to the human eye, yesterday.

Comments

[elffin.livejournal.com]

There's a coincidence. I was explaining GRBs to my wife last night, as "The stuff that makes up astronomer's nightmares".

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

Dang, I hope someone got pictures... I wonder how long before it shows up on APOD?

[axejudge.livejournal.com]

If you follow the link, one of the commenters links to an animated series of pictures. It did get quite bright.

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

Ah- I guess I just didn't follow far enough, thanks!