Friday, February 20, 2009

Huge gamma-ray blast spotted 12.2 bln light-years from earth

The Fermi telescope has detected a massive explosion in space which scientists say is the biggest gamma-ray burst ever detected, a report published on Thursday said. The spectacular blast, which occurred in September in the Carina constellation, produced energies ranging from 3,000 to more than five billion times that of visible light.

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