#  Farthest Known Object: New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record 

 





April 28, 2009

 

 

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Sort- [CfA press release](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2009/pr200911.html)
- [Gemini press release](http://www.gemini.edu/furthestgrb)
- [NASA press release ](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/cosmic_record.html)
- [NPR / All Things Considered](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103582558)
- [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/29/gamma.ray.burst.space/)
- [Fox News](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518242,00.html?sPage=fnc/scitech/space)
- [MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30455828/)
- [ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Space/popup?id=1884338)
- [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE53R5I720090428?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews)
- [The Globe & Mail](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090428.wgamma0428/BNStory/Science/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail)
- [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDg1gRuAcJE)
- [Discovery](http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/28/universe-gamma-ray.html)
- [Sky & Telescope](http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/43700627.html)
- [Space.com](http://www.space.com/6623-space-explosion-farthest.html)
- [Universe Today](http://www.universetoday.com/43517/more-observations-of-grb-090423-the-most-distant-known-object-in-the-universe/)
- [Harvard Magazine](http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/09/the-oldest-object)
- [New Scientist](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103582558)
- [CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2009/04/28/distant-universe-gamma-ray.html)
- [The Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/5237816/Nasa-scientists-snap-most-distant-object-in-the-universe.html)
- [Cosmos Magazine](http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/ancient-gamma-ray-burst-most-distant-object-ever-seen/)



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