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Modest gamma-ray flash followed by dazzling afterglow points to powerful stellar jet viewed off-axis
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A cosmic explosion that announced itself with a modest flash of gamma rays went on to produce one of the brightest afterglows astronomers have recorded in the past 20 years. An international team of astronomers now finds evidence that the surprising mismatch comes down to perspec
A cosmic explosion that announced itself with a modest flash of gamma rays went on to produce one of the brightest afterglows astronomers have recorded in the past 20 years. An international team of astronomers now finds evidence that the surprising mismatch comes down to perspective: Earth was outside the most intensely beamed light from the explosion.
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