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gamma-ray bursts
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gamma-ray bursts [′gam·ə ‚rā ‚bərsts]
(astronomy)
Intense blasts of soft gamma rays of unknown origin, which range in duration from a tenth of a second to tens of seconds and occur several times a year from sources widely distributed over the sky.
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