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Published online 28 August 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030825-3
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A giant outburst at millimetre wavelengths in the Orion Nebula
Youngster in Orion Nebula throws out giant flare.
The brightest flash of radiation ever recorded from a young star has been spied accidentally by a new radio telescope1.
Twisting magnetic fields crackling violently on the star's surface caused the dramatic outburst.
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