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What Causes Gamma-Ray Bursts? Their Ultrabright Flashes Hold Clues

Jul 30, 2021 · 10m

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Gamma-ray bursts are incredibly bright, high-energy explosions.
Recent tracking of these events challenges old theories.
Their duration offers clues to their cataclysmic origins.

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