Post by firemancheesehead on Apr 28, 2009 13:37:32 GMT -5
blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/28/new-burst-vaporizes-cosmic-distance-record/
Click on the link for a picture of the GRB taken by the Gemini telescope!
Gamma-ray burst GRB090423A, as it’s now called, not only breaks but completely destroys the previous record holder. In astronomical parlance, it has a redshift of 8.2, meaning the light from this burst has been traveling for more than 13 billion years! The previous most distant GRB was seen only just last September, but this new one is nearly 200 million light years farther away.
Click on the link for a picture of the GRB taken by the Gemini telescope!
Gamma-ray burst GRB090423A, as it’s now called, not only breaks but completely destroys the previous record holder. In astronomical parlance, it has a redshift of 8.2, meaning the light from this burst has been traveling for more than 13 billion years! The previous most distant GRB was seen only just last September, but this new one is nearly 200 million light years farther away.