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gamma-ray burst

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A short-lived, localized, and intense burst of gamma radiation that originates outside the solar system.

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  • noun 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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