NOIRLab noirlab2218: Gemini Telescopes Help Uncover Origins of Castaway Gamma-Ray Bursts — NSF’s NOIRLab-operated Gemini telescopes aid in revealing that seemingly lonely bursts came from previously undiscovered galaxies in the early Universe. A number of mysterious gamma-ray bursts appear as lonely flashes of intense energy far from any obvious galactic home, raising questions about their true origins and distances. Using data from some of the most powerful telescopes on Earth and in ...

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Gemini Telescopes Help Uncover Origins of Castaway Gamma-Ray Bursts
26 July 2022 — NOIRLab Science Release noirlab2218

A number of mysterious gamma-ray bursts appear as lonely flashes of intense energy far from any obvious galactic home, raising questions about their true origins and distances. Using data from some of the most powerful telescopes on Earth and in space, including the twin Gemini telescopes, astronomers may have finally found their true origins — a population of distant galaxies, some nearly 10 billion light-years away.

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26 July 2022

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