Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous transient events in the observed Universe. They were first discovered in 1967 by the Vela satellites flown by the U.S. Department of Defense to look for any possible breach of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. A short video on Gamma-ray bursts These … Continue reading An introduction to Gamma-ray bursts (with short videos)