'Castaway' gamma-ray bursts come from distant early galaxies - Space.com

New findings indicate that intense and mysterious bursts of radiation originate from neutron star mergers that occurred in the early universe.

Isolated mysterious blasts of intense energy that previously couldn't be traced back to galactic sources could originate from incredibly dim galaxies located as far away as 10 billion light-years. A… [+4332 chars]

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