22.11.2013 - 16:11 [ National Aeronautics and Space Administration ]

NASA‘s Fermi, Swift See ‚Shockingly Bright‘ Burst

(03.05.2013) A record-setting blast of gamma rays from a dying star in a distant galaxy has wowed astronomers around the world. The eruption, which is classified as a gamma-ray burst, or GRB, and designated GRB 130427A, produced the highest-energy light ever detected from such an event.