All GRBs in study

Homeowners may have to worry about floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes destroying their homes, but at least they can remove long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) from their list of potential natural disasters, according to recent findings by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit:

NASA, ESA, A. Fruchter (STScI), A. Levan (Leicester University), and the GOSH Collaboration

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo0620i
Type:Collage
Release date:10 May 2006, 19:00
Size:2108 x 1807 px

About the Object

Name:GRB
Type:Early Universe : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Gamma Ray Burst
Category:Cosmology

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