According to the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation site a cosmic coincidence was reported on March 19, 2008. Swift, one of the NASA satellites, recorded 4 separate Gamma Ray Bursts - each one of these massive explosions indicates a star at the end of its life. 4 such explosions have never been recorded before...
"..overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out. " from “The Nine Billion Names of God”.
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PS. A cosmic coincidence
According to the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation site a cosmic coincidence was reported on March 19, 2008. Swift, one of the NASA satellites, recorded 4 separate Gamma Ray Bursts - each one of these massive explosions indicates a star at the end of its life. 4 such explosions have never been recorded before...
"..overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out. " from “The Nine Billion Names of God”.
PS. A cosmic coincidence
According to the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation site a cosmic coincidence was reported on March 19, 2008.
Swift, one of the NASA satellites, recorded 4 separate Gamma Ray Bursts - each one of these massive explosions indicates a star at the end of its life.
4 such explosions have never been recorded before...
Posted by AnneBB on March 23, 2008 at 12:39 PM in Editorial Comment | Permalink