The Compton Observatory launched in 1991 was built to monitor these occurrences first discovered by US Vela satellites in 1973 while attempting to monitor nuclear explosions on the Earth's surface.
The Compton Observatory launched in 1991 was built to monitor these occurrences first discovered by US Vela satellites in 1973 while attempting to monitor nuclear explosions on the Earth's surface. Unusual in that an enormous amount energy, on the order of the Sun's entire lifetime output, is released in a few seconds, because these take place over 10 billion light years away, they are difficult to detect. Spread uniformly over the sky, local ones may come from neutron stars though the source is more or less unknown. For 10 points, identify this astronomical phenomena, named for the type of radiation detected.
The Compton Observatory launched in 1991 was built to monitor these occurrences first discovered by US Vela satellites in 1973 while attempting to monitor nuclear explosions on the Earth's surface.
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