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gamma-ray_burst

gamma-ray burst

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gamma-ray burst (plural gamma-ray bursts) (Abbreviated as: GRB)

  1. (astronomy) A flash of gamma rays that seem to originate from a random point in the sky; their most likely sources are believed to be supernova explosions of a very massive stars and mergers of neutron stars.

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