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Published online 28 October 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.1043

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Most distant gamma-ray burst spotted

Observations suggest the early Universe is ripe for exploration.

Two teams have spied a huge blast from the far reaches of our early Universe. Such γ-ray bursts occur when certain massive stars violently explode.

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  • Is it not possible to trace if there is anything beyond space by the displacement (overflow as if a contained explosion) from an explosion? If space is not add infinitum we should be able to sear a cross-section through space and beyond surely?

    • 29 Oct, 2009
    • Posted by: Tina Michaelides
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    • 29 Oct, 2009
    • Posted by: Sunil kumar