NASA Detects Farthest-Ever Gamma Ray Burst

DISTANT THUNDER: NASA’s Swift satellite has found the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected, the agency announced Sept. 19. The blast came from an exploding star 12.8 billion light-years away, “near the edge of the visible universe,” according to Lead Scientist Neil Gehrels at NASA’s Goddard...

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