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Farthest Ever Star Blast From Ancient Cosmos
Astronomers have detected a cosmic object more distant than any ever seen: a gamma ray burst about 13 billion light-years from Earth. The massive, luminous burst occurred about 600 million years after the Big Bang—that is, when the universe was...
Tags: Gamma ray, Gamma ray Burst, Star Blast, Ancient Cosmos, Earth, Galaxy, Milky Way, National Geographic, Bing Bang, Blast
Stellar blast gamma ray was aimed at earth: NASA
Santiago :: Chile | about 1 year ago
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The event, called a gamma-ray burst, became bright enough for human eyes to see. Observations of the event are giving astronomers the most detailed portrait of a burst ever recorded. Wind satellite also sensed the gamma rays and provided a wide view of...
Tags: gamma, explosion, burst, ray, gamma-ray, aimed, space, nasa, gamma ray, ray burst
US space telescope set for launch
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Glast mission will shed light on some of the most violent events in the Universe, that release massive amounts of energy in the form of gamma-rays. It will scan the sky for massive cosmic explosions, giant black holes that hurl matter across space,...
Tags: telescope, space, gamma, gamma-ray, ray, burst, explosion, space telescope, black holes, gamma ray
Human Eye Able to Spot Huge Gamma Ray Burst
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Swift satellite, the X-ray Telescope, left, and the Optical/Ultraviolet Telescope. Published: March 21, 2008 How far can you see with your own eyes on a clear night?...Shortly after 2 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on Wednesday a spot of light just
Tags: explosion, telescope, gamma, burst, ray, naked eyes, distant object, gamma ray, ray bursts
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