Tag: gamma ray bursts
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For once, I ain’t even mad: the tale of #GRBm31
Tuesday night, the small corner of Twitter I inhabit exploded with activity: the automatic reporting system on the orbiting Swift observatory had sighted an excess of gamma rays from M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. A bunch of us — myself included — spent several hours poring over the scant observational evidence, discussing what might have been…
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