The Gamma Ray Burst Jet

Astrophysicists hope to use boat to ascertain why only some stars produce gamma ray bursts as they go supernova. Yvette Sendiz, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics says that's one of the big mysteries. Whether gamma ray bursts result in a black hole or a neutron star at the core of the collapsed star is also an open question. What is certain is that this is a cosmic incident that will not be eclipsed for many, many lifetimes.