Extragalactic signal is split in time into two beams, ancient Earth and the Sun by about 2.5 billion years.Astronomers have recorded a powerful gamma-ray burst from an unusual space object QSO B0218+357. The beam of cosmic particles due to the curvature of space-time is divided into two parts, which reached …
Read More »Gamma-ray burst could kill life on Earth – scientists
Gamma-ray burst have the ability to completely destroy all life on Earth. The scientific staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said that the cause of the mass extinction on Earth could be a gamma-ray burst. To confirm this, scientists using computer technologies modeled the effect of radiation on living …
Read More »Scientists reported a powerful gamma ray burst
Gamma-ray burst lasted about two seconds. An international team of astrophysicists detected a powerful gamma-ray burst was observed by the x-ray afterglow from its source. The study is published in The Astrophysical Journal, available on the website arXiv.org. Event GRB140903A was registered on 3 Sep 2014 with the help of …
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