History of gamma-ray burst research

The history of gamma-ray^[1] began with the serendipitous detection of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) on July 2, 1967, by the U.S. Vela satellites. After these satellites detected fifteen other GRBs, Ray Klebesadel of the Los Alamos National Laboratory published the first paper on the subject, Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts of Cosmic Origin.^[2] As more and more research was done on these mysterious events, hundreds of models were developed in an attempt to explain their origins.