They are the most energetic events in the Universe, but the origin of γ-ray bursts has been hard to establish. Observations of a burst close to our Galaxy now show that supernovae are, as suspected, likely culprits.
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Mészáros, P. The supernova connection. Nature 423, 809–810 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/423809a
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