Hubble captures a burst's afterglow

The Hubble Space Telescope has zeroed in on the home galaxy of the most powerful gamma-ray burst ever recorded.

Further Readings:

Cowen, R. 1999. Catching a burst's visible glow. Science News 155(Jan. 30):70.

Sources:

Andrew S. Fruchter
Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 13, March 27, 1999, p. 203. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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