Astronomers have discovered direct evidence that gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic events in the universe, are linked to supernovas, the explosive death of massive stars.
On March 29, NASA’s High-Energy Transient Explorer satellite detected one of the closest gamma-ray bursts on record. For half a minute, the burst outshone the gamma rays from all the rest of the universe.
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