Faint gamma-ray bursts do actually exist
Monday, October 13, 2008 - 12:21
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gamma-ray bursts, powerful glares of high-energy that wash through the Universe once every day or so are, for a brief time, the brightest objects in the gamma-ray sky. ESA`s Integral gamma-ray observatory has observed several low-luminosity gamma-ray bursts, confirming the existence of an entire population of weaker bursts hardly noticed so far.