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Nature 393, 13-14 (7 May 1998) | doi:10.1038/29868

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The burst, the burster and its lair

Ralph Wijers1

An analysis of the light from a bold gamma-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.

  1. Ralph Wijers is at the Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK.
    e-mail: Email: ramjw@ast.cam.ac.uk