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gamma-ray burst now turns out to be the

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largest explosions in the in the

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universe they occur about about once a

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day at the time we flew Batsy on the

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gamma ray Observatory they were a

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complete mystery

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people had no idea what they were all

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they knew is that from different parts

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of the sky they would see these

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tremendous flashes of gamma rays coming

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from different directions they only have

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lasted from a fraction of a second to

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several minutes but during this time

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they were brighter than all the other

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objects in the sky in a gamma ray part

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of the spectrum including the Sun we

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didn't even know how far away they were

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we didn't know if they were in the solar

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system we didn't know if they were in

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our galaxy or in some other distant

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galaxy what turns out due to the

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observations of Batsy and the Italian

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Dutch satellite Beppo sacks we

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determined that the gamma-ray bursts

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were coming from the farthest reaches of

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the universe in fact they were the most

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distant objects known much much further

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than people ever thought they were when

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G ro was launched ever since I was a boy

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in grade school I I liked or loved

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science I had a large chemistry

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laboratory in the basement of my my home

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in st. Louis where I grew up then of

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course I went on to get a degree in in

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physics and and then a PhD in space

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science what gives me the most reward is

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actually making progress in a field of

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science my own particular field is gamma

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ray astrophysics coming up with a new

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finding and then publishing that finding

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or presented in an a scientific meeting

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or conference really gives me the

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greatest pleasure now that I'm a more

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senior scientist I enjoy seeing the

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younger students starting out in their

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careers in astrophysics and giving the

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papers at conferences and publishing

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papers in the field this this now gives

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me a lot of pleasure

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I enjoy mentoring these these younger

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scientists that that will take our place

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when when we're no longer here I was

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completely amazed surprised and an honor

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to receive the the SHA prize in

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astronomy I'm looking forward to

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receiving the the SHA prize along with