Thursday, October 29, 2009

Blast From The Past: Most Distant Stellar Object Gives Clues About Early Universe

ScienceDaily -- Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope have gained tantalizing insights into the nature of the most distant object ever observed in the Universe -- a gigantic stellar explosion known as a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB).

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