Studying Cosmic Gamma Ray Bursts and the Early Universe

We're building satellites to go after Gamma Rays Bursts into outer space, back to the dawn of the universe, to learn about the most distant objects in the universe, when the first matter structures formed stars, galaxies and black holes...
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What is a GRB?

GAMMA RAY BURSTS ARE AMONG THE MOST DISTANT OBJECTS IN THE UNIVERSE...

The collapse of a massive star...

The collapse of a massive star into a black hole liberates huge amounts of gravitational energy. In the resulting explosion, matter is accelerated to near the speed of light in a tightly focused jet. This extraordinary energy, and the focused, relativistically boosted emission from the jet allows us to see these explosions, called cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs for short) across much of the observable universe. More...

Outstanding Problems of Extreme Universe Astrophysics!

1. Seeking for the Most Distant Objects in the Universe...
2. Measuring the Early Universe and First Stars with Gamma-Ray Bursts.

Outstanding Problems of Gamma-Ray Bursts.

1. Testing the Extremes of Relativity with Gamma-Ray Bursts.
2. The first 60 second of Gamma-Ray Bursts.
3. The Nature of Short-Type Gamma-Ray Bursts.
4. Measuring the Polarization of Gamma-Ray Bursts.