Furthest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever Observed

jd writes "The SWIFT team have announced the furthest-ever observed super-massive gamma-ray burst (from 13 billion light years away). The burst was observed on the 6th of September and lasted for 3 minutes - long enough for a number of other telescopes to home in on the gigantic explosion. The distance is only barely within the reaches of the observable universe. The idea of the SWIFT telescope and follow-up observations is that they will discover both the cause of the bursts and the consequences to the star."

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[mbrother]

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Re:I think Wyoming tried...

[mbrother]

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The only one who has posted personal information here is you, the anonymous coward. That's obnoxious. You can find out who was observing at nearly any professional observatory on any given night going back years. It's public.

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