Swift Finds 13-Billion-Year-Old Gamma-Ray Burst

The NASA American space agency has recently identified, through its SWIFT satellite, the oldest-ever-detected gamma-ray burst (GRB) in the Universe, originating some 630 million years after the Big Bang. This means that the star that collapsed to generate the GRB ended its life cycle a good 3... [ read more >> ]

A star collapses into a black hole, sending out massive gamma-ray bursts through its poles

Image comment: A star collapses into a black hole, sending out massive gamma-ray bursts through its poles
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A star collapses into a black hole, sending out massive gamma-ray bursts through its poles