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John M. Horack - Gamma Ray Bursts: A Brief History of the Most Powerful Explosions in the Universe
Saturday, 4 April, 2020
Gamma-ray bursts, discovered by accident with classified satellites, were for decades a leading mystery in astrophysics. John M. Horack explores the breakthroughs that followed from the Gamma Ray Observatory (1991) and subsequent experiments, which showed that these are the most powerful explosions in the universe. Very recently, gravitational waves have been detected from these still-mysterious explosions.
