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Brendan M. O'Connor

Press/Media

Credit: NOIRLab

An extreme ultralong X-ray and Gamma-ray transient: GRB 250702B - The Longest Gamma-ray Burst of All Time

X-Ray Study Reveals New Details About Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star

Rare and mysterious cosmic explosion: Gamma-ray burst or relativistic jetted tidal disruption event?

Anton Petrov Youtube Video

The Milky Way's Faintest X-ray Sources

The "Brightest-of-all-time" Gamma-ray Burst

My Science Advances article on GRB 221009A led to 119 news articles across the globe, below are some highlights:

What are Gamma-ray Bursts?

Excerpts from NSF Science Now Interview:

My commentary for The Science Breaker:

The Astonishing Jet of an Extreme Gamma-ray Burst

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Kilonova Discovery Challenges our Understanding of Gamma-Ray Bursts

Inverse

GWU Press Release

NOIRLab Press Release

NASA Press Release

My commentary for Nature:

Nature "Behind-the-paper"

Record-Breaking Gamma-Ray Burst Possibly Most Powerful Explosion Ever Recorded

NSF Science Now Interview

NOIRLab Press Release

AFP Press Release

Times of Israel

Der Spiegel (Germany)

MeteoWeb (Italy)

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Gemini Telescopes Help Uncover Origins of Castaway Gamma-Ray Bursts

NOIRLab Press Release

Keck Press Release

UMD Press Release

365 Days of Astronomy Podcast

Syfy - Bad Astronomy

Multi-wavelength snapshot of a repeating fast radio burst!

INAF Press Release

AHEAD2020 Press Release

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UMD Astronomers Find X-rays Lingering Years After Landmark Neutron Star Collision

UMD Press Release

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