... Observing at optical, ultraviolet, x-ray and gamma-ray energies, Swift is designed to locate the sources of energetic gamma-raybursts and watch as their afterglows fade in the distant Universe. ...
... been used to discover water on planet Mercury , radio-bright coronae around ordinary stars , micro-quasars in our Galaxy , gravitationally-induced Einstein rings around distant galaxies , and radio counterparts to cosmologically distant gamma-raybursts ...
... Since neutron star collisions are also suggested as the origin of gamma-raybursts , it is possible that you already own a souvenir from one of the most powerful explosions in the universe. ...
... Today also marks the 40th anniversary of the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin . Tomorrow's picture: Gamma-RayBurst, X-Ray Afterglow . < | Archive | ...
... been used to discover water on planet Mercury , radio-bright coronae around ordinary stars , micro-quasars in our Galaxy , gravitationally-induced Einstein rings around distant galaxies , and radio counterparts to cosmologically distant gamma-raybursts ...
... The brightness and briefness of the tremendous explosion's initial peak made it look quite similar to another type of tremendous explosion if viewed from further away -- a short duration gamma-rayburst (GRB). ...