Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have contributed to new insights into the most long-lived cosmic explosion ever recorded. The event was a gamma-ray burst that remained ...
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Rare space bursts have astronomers racing to find the source
Across the sky, brief and violent flashes of energy are arriving from far beyond the Milky Way, each one lasting less than ...
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A 7-hour gamma-ray blast just broke astronomers’ expectations
The longest gamma-ray burst ever recorded did not roar for seconds or even minutes, but for a staggering seven hours, forcing ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that’s not only exceptionally powerful, but also long-lasting. Telescopes on Earth and in space — ...
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