The primary function of the telescope is visual spectrum observation following Gamma-ray bursts.
Gamma-ray bursts were discovered in the late 1960s by the U.S. Vela nuclear test detection satellites.
Gamma-ray bursts are some of the most energetic events observed in the universe, but their origin was entirely speculative until around the year 2000.
Gamma-ray bursts are a real phenomenon, though it remains unclear whether or not they're produced by colliding neutron stars.
Gamma-ray burst in our part of the Milky Way.
Gamma-ray bursts, which generally emit roughly the same amount of energy, had previously been treated as standard candles.
Gamma-ray bursts have been known for three decades, but only in recent years have spacecraft sensitive to gamma radiation been studying them closely.
Gamma-ray bursts are very bright as observed from Earth despite their typically immense distances.
Gamma-ray bursts are thought to emerge mainly from the poles of a collapsing star.
Gamma-ray bursts represent the most powerful known explosions in the universe.
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