NASA's Swift detects more gamma-ray bursts than expected
Immediately upon its activation, NASA's Swift spacecraft began detecting more gamma-ray bursts than scientists had expected, NASA announced Jan. 5. Scientists still were calibrating Swift's main instrument, the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT), when the first burst appeared on Dec. 17. Three more...
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