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Astronomers discover new kind of black-hole explosion
12-20-2006 · EurekAlert!Scientists have discovered what appears to be a new kind of cosmic explosion -- a "hybrid gamma-ray burst" -- which will be the subject of four articles to be published in the journal Nature on 21 December 2006. The scientists include four astrophysicists at Penn State University as well as others around the globe. The nature of the explosion is a puzzle in "virtually uncharted territory" for space scientists.
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