NASA's Fermi Spots 'Fizzled' Burst from Collapsing Star

What is the traditional belief about the origin of short gamma-ray bursts?

• They are caused by solar flares.

• They come from merging neutron stars.

• They originate from supernova explosions.

• They are produced by black holes.

On what date did Fermi detect a gamma-ray burst lasting about one second?

• August 26, 2020

• July 15, 2021

• September 10, 2019

• October 5, 2022

Which facility helped identify the visible light afterglow of the gamma-ray burst?

• Zwicky Transient Facility

• Keck Observatory

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Chandra X-ray Observatory

What do astronomers believe about some short gamma-ray bursts?

• They are only visible in the Andromeda constellation.

• They never originate from black holes.

• They are always from neutron star collisions.

• They might be misclassified as mergers.

What is the fate of most collapsing massive stars according to the discovery?

• They always result in a supernova.

• They fail to produce long-lived jets.

• They create multiple gamma-ray bursts.

• They become neutron stars.