Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Packed a One-Two Punch

Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 08:35 in Astronomy & Space

A new study of a stellar explosion visible from halfway across the universe finds that the blast had an unusual structure that researchers heretofore had never observed.Gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B was already on record as the brightest stellar explosion ever recorded. [More]

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