Swift Satellite records early phase of gamma ray burst
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 09:36
in Astronomy & Space
UK astronomers, using a telescope aboard the NASA Swift Satellite, have captured information from the early stages of a gamma ray burst - the most violent and luminous explosions occurring in the Universe since the Big Bang. The work was published on Friday 27th February in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society...