[Red Badger]

Stages in the evolution of a star, culminating with its collapse into a black hole, accompanied by the emission of massive amounts og gamma ray bursts (lower image)

[Badeye]

‘The emission is believed to be about 11 billion years old,...’

I think Helen Thomas covered that explosion as a ‘cub’ reporter....

[theDentist]

OK, it went “boom” 11 billion years or so ago... on a Monday, no doubt.
When was it recorded here? A few days, months ago? More?

[Troll_House_Cookies]

we all know what gamma rays cause....

[OldNavyVet]

Significant in this is that the age of the Universe might now be reported as 11 billion years.

Can anyone provide details on the measurement technique?

“Only recently has truth begun to triumph. Continuing research in many fields is finally sorting fact from fiction” ... Words written on a small-lettered inscription found in California’s Death Valley Museum.

[TexasCajun]

Do gamma rays travel faster than visible light or the same?

11,000,000,000 times 6,000,000,000,000 = Miles from Earth?

[adorno]

11 Billion Year-Old Massive Gamma Ray Burst Recorded (2 to 3 times older than our planet)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but...

If the gamma ray burst is something like 11 billion years old...

and the average lifespan of a star is something between 4 and 8 years (like our sun)...

then....

Wouldn't that then make our universe at least something between 15 and 19 billion years old? If 19, then, that would make the universe quite a bit older than what cosmologists have estimated in the past.

[Straight Vermonter]

Super massive gravity location ping.