Weird Corkscrew-Shaped Light Unleashed by Universe's Most Powerful Explosions

Friday, May 2, 2014 - 17:00 in Astronomy & Space

Gamma-ray bursts, the brightest flashes in the universe, may give off an afterglow full of light waves that move in corkscrew-shaped spirals, sort of like the filtered light that makes watching 3D movies possible, new research shows.

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