Astronomers detect magnetic fingerprint of a cosmic explosion for the first time

NSF VLA radio telescope reveals polarized light and a powerful magnetic environment of a gamma-ray burst afterglow, offering a window into the extreme physics driving powerful explosions in the universe.

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Submillimeter Array captures gamma-ray burst within minutes

By enabling the earliest millimeter and submillimeter observations of a gamma-ray burst, the new semi-automated system gives scientists a near-real-time window into the physics of cosmic explosions.

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Mysterious gamma-ray explosion unlike any discovered before

No known scenario can explain the source of a recent gamma-ray burst, which originated outside our galaxy and lasted 100 to 1,000 times longer than most bursts.

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