Shedding more light on gamma-ray bursts. (Astronomy) From: Science News | Date: May 15, 1993 | COPYRIGHT 1993 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Spitting out a torrent of radiation and then vanishing without a trace, gamma-ray bursts are among the most mysterious phenomena known in the universe. New findings from the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO), launched in 1991, may eventually help settle a debate about the origin of these bursts, says Bohdan Paczynski of Princeton University.

Last month, researchers announced that GRO had detected the highest-energy gamma-ray flash ever recorded (SN: 4/24/93, p.260). Brenda Dingus of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., says the finding suggests that ...

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