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Published online 10 May 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050509-4
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Swift satellite spies cosmic crash
Massive energy burst supports theory of neutron star collisons.
A satellite that NASA sent to investigate mysterious energy bursts has succeeded in glimpsing its quarry. The data it is beaming to Earth support the leading theory that the bursts are generated by the dramatic collision of two neutron stars as they form a black hole.
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