New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record

NASA Science News for April 28, 2009

A gamma-ray burst detected by NASA's Swift satellite has smashed the previous distance record for the most powerful explosions in the Universe. Researchers are calling it "an incredible find" and a "true blast from the past."

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