| Gamma-ray
bursts: Going the distance
Astronomers may
have found a new, quick way to determine the distance to those
mysterious flashes of energetic radiation known as gamma-ray bursts.
References:
Ramirez-Ruiz,
E., and E.E. Fenimore. 1999. Annual Gamma-ray Burst Symposium.
October. Huntsville, Ala.
Sources:
Edward E.
Fenimore
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Space and Remote Sensing Sciences
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Enrico
Ramirez-Ruiz
University of Cambridge
Institute of Astronomy
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0HA
United Kingdom
Stanford E.
Woosley
University of California, Santa Cruz
Board Studies A&A
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 20, November 13, 1999, p. 314. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |