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The Biggest Gamma Ray Burst Ever Detected

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lostlakehiker2/20/2009 7:07:46 pm PST

re: #46 Last Mohican

Millions to billions of electron volts? How do you detect a photon that energetic? Wouldn’t it be very difficult to stop one?

that’s still only 1 thousandth of one erg…and an erg boosts one gram to a speed of 1 cm per second. x-ray telescopes can cope.