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NASA Chandra Space Telescope Collection
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Chandra X-ray Image of GRB 050709
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(Credit: NASA/CXC/Caltech/D.F ox et al.)
Description:
Scientists have solved a 35-year-old mystery of the origin of powerful, split-second flashes of light called short gamma-ray bursts. These flashes, brighter than a billion suns yet lasting only a few milliseconds, have been simply too fast to catch until now.
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