Editor’s note: Set to appear in the Sept. 11
Nature
is a report on a record-setting gamma-ray burst. Below is an
updated version of the story, which was originally reported March
22 online at
Science News.
For 40 seconds on March 13, a pinpoint of light suddenly
appeared in the constellation Bootes, shining more brightly then 10 million
galaxies.
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