Giant flashes from soft γ-ray repeaters are spectacular but rare events — only three have ever been observed in our Galaxy. The suspicion is that we have been missing some from farther afield.
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Lazzati, D. A certain flare. Nature 434, 1075–1076 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/4341075a
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