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gamma ray burst

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gamma ray burst
Intense high-energy electromagnetic radiation, lasting between a fraction of a second and several minutes, emanating from distant regions of the universe. Recent theory suggests that they result from supernova explosions.


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Bromm and Loeb calculate that the first 15 percent of stars that formed in the cosmos could be responsible for a significant fraction of all gamma ray bursts that may be observed from Earth.
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Cosmic gamma ray bursts appear to originate in the proximity of neutron stars, but the sources have never been pinned down," says Gerald H.
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