Gamma-ray bursts become a repeating puzzle. (repeating gamma rays bursts detected) From: Science News | Date: December 21, 1996| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1996 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

NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory detected 4 gamma ray bursts emanating from the same direction during a 1.5-day period in Oct 1996. The observation is consistent with the theory that gamma rays originate from a halo surrounding the Milky Way that is inhabited by neutron stars.

Almost daily since its launch in 1991, an Earth-orbiting observatory has detected cosmic fireworks ranking among the highest-energy flashes of radiation ever recorded. These gamma-ray bursts come at random from all parts of the sky. Even more perplexing, they vanish without a trace and don't coincide with any ...

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