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Nature 431, 1035 (28 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/4311035a; Published online 27 October 2004
Astronomy: Bagging bursts, swiftly
Tony Reichhardt1
- Tony Reichhardt writes for Nature from Washington DC.
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The gamma rays spat out by dying stars last an instant. Tony Reichhardt reports on the fast-response satellite that hopes to capture them.
Ten years ago, science fiction could get away with speculating that gamma-ray (
-ray) bursts were the exhaust trails of alien spaceships. And why not?
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