What secrets does our Galaxy keep? Most of the explosions have the same power, and the flash itself occurs inside the ejection of matter, which moves at the speed of light.
In 1963, the US government launched a satellite program aimed at monitoring the implementation of the nuclear test ban treaty in outer space, atmosphere and under water. The Vela satellites became the base of space monitoring.
Despite the fact that for half a century of the program's existence, not a single nuclear explosion was recorded that would have been carried out in opposition to the said treaty, the program did not work in vain. Thanks to her, it was possible to discover gamma-ray bursts in the depths of space. Astrophysicists are still hotly debated about the mysterious nature of the origin of these short flashes.
This radiation resembles X-rays, only much more powerful, therefore, periodically X-rays and gamma flares are recorded simultaneously. Almost immediately after the mysterious glow was recorded for the first time, scientists managed to find out that these flares took place in distant space and, in essence, are responses to explosions of enormous power that took place in distant galaxies.
Scientists say that the Universe is illuminated by such flashes approximately once a day, but they cannot name their nature or the distance at which they occur. Astronomers associate flares with molecular clouds - formations with high concentrations of amino acids and organic molecules.
But some scientists have put forward a hypothesis that humanity is witnessing some echoes of galactic wars, in which alien civilizations many billions of years ago exchanged deadly blows. In an extreme case, galactic wars, in which space civilizations perished, can explain the so-called Fermi paradox - the great silence of the Universe.
This version is indirectly proved by the fact that in the directions from which these flashes come, nothing is visible except the black sky. Be that as it may, but most scientists agree on one thing: almost all gamma-ray bursts are much more complicated than the explosion of an ordinary celestial body. Typically, a flash is a series of explosions of varying intensity, which last from a few seconds to minutes.