A gamma-ray burst (GRB) that has confounded astronomers is one of the brightest cosmic light shows in the past 20 years. Although the cosmic explosion first appeared inexplicably weak, researchers now believe it actually shot about one billion years’ worth of solar energy into the cosmos through a beam no thicker than a pencil. “We
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida
