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Hubble Spots Source of Short Gamma Ray Burst

Posted by samzenpus on from the hulk-smash dept.

symbolset writes "Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have imaged some evidence that the merger of neutron stars is responsible for producing a short-duration gamma ray burst. On June 3rd the Swift gamma-ray burst (GRB) mission detected GRB 130603B, a burst lasting only one tenth of a second nearly 4 billion light-years away. Imaging with Hubble, they located a small red dot which, over the course of the following two weeks, dimmed."

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  1. S0 by dean.collins · · Score: 1, Informative

    Btw for any geeks into solar weather......be sure to check out S0's daily 3 minute briefings on all things earth and solar weather related - http://www.youtube.com/user/Suspicious0bservers

    1. Re:S0 by Teancum · · Score: 5, Informative

      Sigh.

      While this guy seems to occasionally spot something not typically mentioned by science reporters, and especially seems to spot solar flare and other solar activity based upon his monitoring of various solar observatories over the internet about as good as any space weather forecaster, he has some really silly ideas about the causal relationships between solar storms and geological activity here on the Earth that goes into what could charitably called fringe science.

      If you really want to see some more reliable forecasts, I'd recommend instead the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

      Still, this YouTube channel is at least worth an occasional chuckle or two. You certainly shouldn't take it too seriously.