Gamma-ray’s 12 billion light-years away from Earth
The US space agency’s Fermi telescope has detected a massive explosion in space which scientists say is the largest 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 literary institutions in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the United States.
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Astronomy was one of the most enjoyable electives I had in college. I take pleasure in learning about the stars and hope to find time soon to study them more. Thanks for this astronogical update!