What would happen to Earth if it were hit by a gamma-ray burst? Gamma-ray expert Q&A Additional resources Bibliography Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful and violent explosions in the known universe. These brief flashes of high-energy light result from some of the universe...
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What determines the structure of short gamma-ray burst jets?doi:10.1093/MNRAS/STAB723Gerardo UrrutiaFabio De ColleAriadna Murguia-BerthierEnrico Ramirez-RuizOxford Academic
Both types of long and short gamma ray bursts involve a stage of a hyper-Eddington accretion of hot and dense plasma torus onto a newly born black hole. The prompt gamma ray emission originates in jets at some distance from this 'central engine' and in m
Let the Gamma Ray Burst this kind of pen, at will Mang-writing the universe, remove all dissatisfaction and start over. Random Mang-writing in the universe is random Wenmang Action in the universe. This kind of "casually" is the continuous improvement of the planetary civilization of planetary...
Can she die? What happens if I hit her? If I run into her she says “ouch” so I know she can feel… It seems weird to just be all “okay… I’m going to bed… are you just going to stand there and stare at me all night…?” ...
burstraygammagrblearndid a r X i v : 0 8 0 5 . 0 1 4 4 v 1 [ a s t r o - p h ] 1 M a y 2 0 0 8 sumbitted to MNRAS Letters What did we learn from gamma-ray burst 080319B ? P. Kumar 1 and A. Panaitescu 2 1 Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austi...
The nucleus can also emit a burst of electromagnetic energy known as a gamma ray. Gamma rays are the only type of nuclear radiation that comes from energy instead of fast-moving particles. Remember that fission part especially. It's going to keep coming up as we discuss the inner workings ...
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See how the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope spots thunderstorms producing antimatter in Earth's atmosphere, in this video from NASA. Adam Mann Live Science Contributor Adam Mann is a freelance journalist with over a decade of experience, specializing in astronomy and physics stories. He has a bac...