Shedding more light on gamma-ray bursts. (Astronomy)

Science News | May 15, 1993 | Copyright

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 ...

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