By: Confirmed Source of GRBs? « Space « Science Today

Confirmed Source of GRBs? « Space « Science Today — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:58:58 +0000

[...] it’s the summer for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). First we reported on a gamma-ray mystery, then space gold, and now compact mergers. Turns out, they all may be one in the [...]

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Betty — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 06:05:00 +0000

This is a brilliantly researched and written article- Well done Alyssa!

By: In Turku, astronomers weigh space observatory's legacy | Iztopics

In Turku, astronomers weigh space observatory's legacy | Iztopics — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:10:51 +0000

[...] In Turku, astronomers weigh space observatory's legacy The annual European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) is being held in the Nordic region for the first time. Some 600 astronomers and space physicists converged on Turku on Monday for the five-day European Week of Astronomy and Space … Read more on YLE News Mystery space flashes detected "Staggeringly, we estimate there could be one of these flashes going off every ten seconds somewhere in the sky," said research team member Dr Simon Johnston, Head of Astrophysics at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. Four flashes were detected, … Read more on ScienceAlert Space Gold Space gold is even rarer than Earth gold, which makes the precious metal special—on our planet and in the Universe at large. A team of astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) observed a special gamma-ray burst last month; … Read more on California Academy of Sciences [...]

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