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## [“Never Mind”—“Gamma Ray Burst” From Remote Galaxy Turns Out To Be Flash From Space Junk](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/never-mind-gamma-ray-burst-from-remote-galaxy-turns-out-to-be-flash-from-space-junk/69)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [8 October 2021 12:37 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/never-mind-gamma-ray-burst-from-remote-galaxy-turns-out-to-be-flash-from-space-junk/69 "2021-10-08T12:37:40Z")

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Detection of an apparent gamma ray burst in the act of occurring in a galaxy at redshift 11, indicating we are observing it as it was just 420 million years after the big bang was reported in the paper “A possible br…