How We Accidentally Discovered Gamma-Ray Bursts

Gamma-ray bursts are one of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy, but the mystery began on accident, thanks to the Cold War!

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Sources:
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Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GRB080319B_illustration_NASA.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vela5b.jpg
https://apod.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/grbhist.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chandra_Gamma_Ray_Burst_01.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BeppoSAX.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_captures_infrared_glow_of_a_kilonova_blast.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12740
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GammaRayBurst-20170727.jpg