The biggest bangs : the mystery of gamma-ray bursts, the most violent explosions in the universe /
"Gamma-ray bursts are the most violent events since the birth of the universe. They are about ten times more energetic than the most powerful supernovas. At their peak, gamma-ray bursts are the brightest objects in space, about 100,000 times brighter than an entire galaxy. And yet until recentl...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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