"The Little Bee" --China Launches 1st Telescope That Mimics Compound Eyes of a Bee to Detect Powerful Explosions in Distant Galaxies

A square-shaped probe, POLAR (Polarimetry of Gamma-ray Bursts), dubbed as "Little Bee" atop China's second space lab, Tiangong-2, an experimental space lab launched by China with two astronauts, is currently orbiting the Earth searching for the strongest explosions in the...