Posts Tagged ‘gamma-ray burst’

Confirmed Source of GRBs?

Thursday, August 15th, 2013
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The same short-duration gamma-ray burst seen on June 3rd that produced a few moons’ worth of gold was still visible nine days later when the Hubble Space Telescope observed its remains.

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Gold from colliding dead stars

Thursday, July 18th, 2013
Illustration of colliding neutron stars. Image Credit: Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital, Inc.

Colliding Dead Stars Create Gold

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