Distant Starbursts Light Up the Sky--We Just Can't See Them

Friday, May 1, 2009 - 00:15 in Astronomy & Space

The first results from a balloon-hoisted telescope that floated more than 20 miles (30 kilometers) above Antarctica have shed light on a major source of the celestial background, the electromagnetic radiation--both visible and invisible--that pervades the universe. [More]

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