Sentences with phrase «of gamma ray bursts»

First, it explains the origins of some gamma ray bursts, the second most powerful known events in the cosmos other than merging black holes.

A Queen's University Belfast scientist has recreated the first ever mini version of a gamma ray burst in a laboratory, opening up a whole new way to investigate their properties and potentially unlocking some of the mysteries around alien civilisation.

Dr Gianluca Sarri from the School of Mathematics and Physics at Queen's University has led an international team of researchers to create the first small - scale replica of gamma ray bursts.

NASA's Swift satellite swivels quickly in orbit to view the fleeting flashes of gamma ray bursts.

Its light is three times brighter now, which may change how we think of gamma ray bursts

From brief glimpses throughout the past decade, astronomers have pieced together a standard theory of gamma ray bursts.

Astrophysicists have typically focused on long gamma ray bursts, she adds, calling the short variety «kind of like the hipster class of gamma ray bursts.»

NASA launched the $ 250 - million Swift on 20 November to probe mysteries surrounding the origins of gamma ray bursts.

• Improved determination of the origins of gamma ray bursts and supernovae in extragalactic science; and