Comment Used to study gamma ray bursts. (Score 2, Interesting) 96
The HETE-1 was supposed to look for gamma ray bursts. If you haven't heard about these events, they are believed to emanate from explosions so powerful that they produce more energy in a matter of seconds than the sun will emit in its entire 10 billion years of life.
The cool thing is that astronomers have almost no idea what could be causing these enormous bursts.
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The cool thing is that astronomers have almost no idea what could be causing these enormous bursts.
Check out http://www.sciam.com/0797issue/0797fishman.html for more information.
