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The burst, the burster and its lair

Ralph Wijers ()
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Nature, 1998, vol. 393, issue 6680, 13-14

Abstract: An analysis of the light from a γ-ray burst shows that it occurred in a very distant galaxy. This confirms that bursts are by far the most powerful bombs in nature's arsenal, and only the most copious known energy source can explain them.

Date: 1998
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