Indian astronomers with other scientists spot unique Gamma-ray burst
The burst detected by NASA s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope on August 26, 2020, turned out to be one for the record books the shortest Gamma-ray burst (GRB) caused by the death of a massive star.
New Delhi: A group of astronomers, few of them Indians, have detected a very short, powerful burst of high-energy radiation that lasted for about a second and had been racing towards Earth for nearly half the present age of the universe.
The burst detected by NASA s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope on August 26, 2020, turned out to be one for the record books the shortest Gamma-ray burst (GRB) caused by the death of a massive star.
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