Big Bang of gamma-ray’s spotted 12 billion light-years away

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, astrophysicists said. The US space agency’s Fermi telescope has detected a massive explosion in space which scientists say is the biggest gamma-ray burst ever detected, a report published Thursday in Science Express said.Observing the massive explosions could also lift the veil on more of space’s enigmas, including those raised by the burst spotted by Fermi, such as a “curious time delay” between its highest and lowest energy emissions.The Fermi gamma-ray space telescope was developed by NASA in collaboration with the US Department of Energy and partners including academic institutions in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the United States.

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Posted on 14 February 2009 by Laura in Blog Posts, Featured, General, News