A Gamma-Ray Surprise (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Caption

The brightest gamma-ray burst yet recorded gave scientists a new high-energy feature to study. Learn what NASA’s Fermi mission saw, and what this feature may be telling us about the burst’s light-speed jets.

Credit

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Public Domain

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