Hubble Spots Source of Short Gamma Ray Burst 28
symbolset writes "Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have imaged some evidence that the merger of neutron stars is responsible for producing a short-duration gamma ray burst. On June 3rd the Swift gamma-ray burst (GRB) mission detected GRB 130603B, a burst lasting only one tenth of a second nearly 4 billion light-years away. Imaging with Hubble, they located a small red dot which, over the course of the following two weeks, dimmed."
Old news, Even by Slashdot Standards (Score:5, Funny)
... happen almost 4 billion years ago.
Re:There goes the neighbourhood (Score:2, Funny)