Physics Today · 1997 · 14 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsGamma-ray AstronomyObservational AstronomyGamma EmissionGamma-ray BurstsGamma-ray SourcesGamma-ray SpectroscopyHigh-energy AstrophysicsSpace-based Gamma-ray ObservatoriesGamma-ray AbsorptionGamma-ray Burst ObservationsHigh-redshift Gamma-ray BurstsMolecular Absorption Lines
Last month in these pages we wrote, “Gamma-ray astronomers expect that [the 28 February gamma-ray burst] is but the first of many GRBs that will soon be revealing much more of themselves…” (page 17). “Soon” turned out to be an understatement. On 8 May, just as we were going to press, the new Italian-Dutch BeppoSAX satellite recorded another GRB, one that will surely make its way into the textbooks.