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Nature 423, 809-810 (19 June 2003) | doi:10.1038/423809a
-ray bursts: The supernova connection
Peter Mészáros
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Abstract
They are the most energetic events in the Universe, but the origin of 
-ray bursts has been hard to establish. Observations of a burst close to our Galaxy now show that supernovae are, as suspected, likely culprits.
The fog surrounding the identity of the progenitors of -ray bursts (GRBs) is beginning to lift, at least for the class of GRBs known as 'long' bursts. This is thanks to a series of observations of a burst that began on 29 March 2003, very close to our Galaxy.
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