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202K views · 1.1K shares | Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest, most violent explosions in the universe, but they can be surprisingly tricky to detect. So how did we discover them? It was sort of an accident. Get the details and see how the NASA Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope helps us study these events today: https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/176492220069/gamma-ray-bursts-black-hole-birth-announcements | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

It's a form of brain surgery without any incisions. Patients with brain tumors, both benign and malignant; vascular formations; and trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic condition that affects the nerve that carries sensation from your face to your brain often are candidates for a noninvasive procedure called gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery. It pinpoints high doses of radiation at the tumor with little impact to surrounding healthy tissue. https://mayocl.in/36bS3hk | Mayo Clinic