The US space agency’s Fermi telescope has detected a massive explosion in space which scientists say is the biggest gamma-ray burst ever detected, a report published Thursday in Science Express said.
The spectacular blast, which occurred in September in the Carina constellation, produced energies ranging from 3,000 to more than five billion times that of visible light, astrophysicists said.
Studying gamma-ray bursts allows scientists to “sample an individual star at a distance where we can’t even see galaxies clearly,” Reddy said.
The Fermi gamma-ray space telescope was developed by NASA in collaboration with the US Department of Energy and partners including academic institutions in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the United States.
#1 by Legend's at May 1st, 2009
Great information. Thanks for all the indepth research. I would like to watch the stars and listen to a mellow playlist from Ares, but it will stop raining !
#2 by Turtle at May 15th, 2009
Astronomy was one of the most enjoyable electives I had in college. I enjoy learning about the stars and hope to find time soon to study them more. Thanks for this astronogical update!