Fifty years ago, on June 1, 1973, astronomers around the world were introduced to a powerful and perplexing new phenomenon called gamma-ray bursts, now seen somewhere in the sky about once a day on average. Astronomers think the bursts arise from catastrophic occurrences involving stars in distant galaxies, events thought to produce new black holes
Related posts
-
What’s that smell? Astronomers discover a stinky new clue in the search for alien life
Astronomers have discovered that sulfur may be a key to helping us narrow down our search... -
Einstein wins again! Quarks obey relativity laws, Large Hadron Collider finds
Is there a time of day or night at which nature’s heaviest elementary particle stops obeying... -
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin targeting Feb. 25 for 10th space tourism launch
Blue Origin is targeting next Tuesday (Feb. 25) for its 10th space tourism mission, which will...